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• seed plural seeds or seed
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  plants

• a) [uncountable and countable] a small, hard object produced by plants, from which a new plant of the same kind grows:
• sunflower seeds
• plant/sow seeds (=put them into the ground)
• Sow the seeds one inch deep in the soil.
• grow something from seed (=grow a plant from a seed, rather than planting it when it is already partly grown)
• b) [uncountable] a quantity of seeds:
• grass seed
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  in fruit

   [countable] American English one of the small hard objects in a fruit such as an apple or orange, from which new fruit trees grow [= pip British English]
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   seeds of something

  written something that makes a new situation start to grow and develop
• seeds of change/victory
• The seeds of change in Eastern Europe were beginning to emerge.
• seeds of doubt/disaster/destruction etc (=something which makes a bad feeling or situation develop)
• Something Lucy said began to sow seeds of doubt in his mind.
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   go/run to seed

• a) if a plant or vegetable goes or runs to seed, it starts producing flowers and seeds as well as leaves
• b) if someone or something goes or runs to seed, they become less attractive or good, especially because they are getting old and have not been properly looked after:
• The old central bus station is going to seed.
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   number one/two/three etc seed

   [countable] a player or team in a competition that is given a particular position, according to how likely they are to win:
• He's been top seed for the past two years.
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  sex

   [uncountable] biblical semen or sperm - often used humorously
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  family

   [uncountable] biblical the group of people who have a particular person as their father, grandfather etc, especially when they form a particular race

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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