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LENTIL |
Plant (seed) |
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SOW |
Plant (seed) |
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EMBRYO |
Plant seed part |
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OVULE |
Unfertilised plant seed of Yule, they say |
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MONOCOTYLEDON |
A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe. |
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DICOTYLEDONOUS |
Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a
dicotyledonous plant. |
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CASTOR BEAN |
The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus
communis, or Palma Christi.) |
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DICOTYLEDON |
A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or
cotyledons, in germinating. |
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POLYCOTYLEDON |
A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons
in the seed. |
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SEED |
To sprinkle with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to
seed a field. |
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PLANT |
To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to
plant maize. |
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BUCKWHEAT |
A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family,
the seed of which is used for food. |
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SEEDLING |
A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from one
propagated by layers, buds, or the like. |
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SILKWEED |
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed
vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed. |
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OILSEED |
Seed from which oil is expressed, as the castor bean;
also, the plant yielding such seed. See Castor bean. |
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BEET |
A biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible
root the first year and seed the second year. |
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GRASS |
An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally
jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single. |
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SPROUT |
To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push
out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants. |
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GERMINATE |
To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as
a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. |
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GERMINATION |
The process of germinating; the beginning of
vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of
germs, either animal or vegetable. |
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SOUARI NUT |
The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American
tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant;
-- also called butternut. |
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COWPEA |
The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus
Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the
southern part of the United States. |
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RADICLE |
The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the
cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward;
the stem of the embryo; the caulicle. |
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ANGOLA PEA |
A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a
kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also
pigeon pea and Congo pea. |
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MAIZE |
A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z.
Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also,
its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals. |