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Seed vessel   /sid vˈɛsəl/   Listen
noun
Seed  n.  (pl. seed or seeds)  
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
(b)
Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed. "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself." Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle.
2.
(Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; not used in the plural.
3.
That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
4.
The principle of production. "Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which may the like in coming ages breed."
5.
Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David. Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form, though rarely used in the plural.
6.
Race; generation; birth. "Of mortal seed they were not held."
Seed bag (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole.
Seed bud (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the embryo state; the ovule.
Seed coat (Bot.), the covering of a seed.
Seed corn, or Seed grain (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.
To eat the seed corn, To eat the corn which should be saved for seed, so as to forestall starvation; a desparate measure, since it only postpones disaster. Hence: any desparate action which creates a disastrous situation in the long-term, done in order to provide temporary relief.
Seed down (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as cotton seed.
Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2 (a).
Seed eater (Zool.), any finch of the genera Sporophila, and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.
Seed gall (Zool.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species of Phylloxera.
Seed leaf (Bot.), a cotyledon.
Seed lobe (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.
Seed oil, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.
Seed oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality.
Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value.
Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.
Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funicle.
Seed tick (Zool.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color.
Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp.
Seed weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous small weevils, especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the seeds of various plants.
Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds. (Southern U.S.)





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"Seed vessel" Quotes from Famous Books



... architecture the lotus is a fundamental form, and indeed it is said to be the main motive of the architecture of that civilization. The capitals of the column are modelled after one form or other of this plant. That of the Doric column is the seed vessel pressed flat. Earlier capitals are simple copies of the bell or seed vessel. The columns consisted of stalks of the plant grouped together. In other cases the leaves are used as ornaments. These orders were copied by the Greeks, ...
— The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races - An Interpretation • Sanger Brown, II
... n. an aboriginal word, Kamilaroi Dialect of New South Wales. [W. Ridley, 'Kamilaroi,' p. 25, derives it from Kulu, seed, but it is just as likely from Kolle, water.—J. Mathew.] A hollowed knot of a tree, used as a seed vessel, or for holding water. The word is applied to the excrescence on the tree as well as to the vessel; a bush hand has been heard to speak of ...
— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris
... poisonous nature." Of another plant, producing a similar substance, I received the following information from Mr. Campbell, in a letter dated in November, 1803: "You may remember a trailing plant with a small yellowish flower and a seed vessel of an oblong form, containing one seed; the whole plant resembling much the caout-chouc. To this, finding it wholly nondescript, I have taken the liberty to attach your name. It has no relationship to a genus yielding a similar ...
— The History of Sumatra - Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And - Manners Of The Native Inhabitants • William Marsden
... ingenious toys which our mothers and sisters improvised in order to amuse us? We took a walk into the country, and our eldest sister or our mother picked a wild poppy, turned its red petals back and encircled them with a thread, and stuck a sprig of grass into the seed vessel to represent a headdress of feathers. Here was a fresh and pretty doll (Fig. 1). Another day it was the season of lilacs. The children gathered branches by the armful, and from these the mother picked off ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 • Various
... intellect and reason first as self existent, 614-u. Egyptians recognized more than one Triad, 548-l. Egyptians recognized as gods the stars of the Zodiac, 458-l. Egyptians regarded the Universe as a great Deity composed of a. number of Gods, 459-u. Egyptians, seed vessel of the lotus a sacred symbol to the, 9-u. Egyptians taught reverence for One Supreme God 1,500 years before Moses, 364-l. Egyptians the tutors of the Greeks in religious dogma, 617-u. Egyptians worshipped fire, the river Nile and other elements, 459-u. Eight stars of the Gnostic ...
— Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike


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