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seed

  • n  a small hard fruit
  • n  a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
  • n  one of the outstanding players in a tournament
  • n  anything that provides inspiration for later work
  • n  the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
  • v  go to seed; shed seeds
    The dandelions went to seed
  • v  help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
  • v  bear seeds
  • v  place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
    She sowed sunflower seeds
  • v  distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
  • v  sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
    seed clouds
  • v  inoculate with microorganisms
  • v  remove the seeds from
    seed grapes

  • With a warming climate and the possibility of crop-threatening disease, the seed samples stored in the Svalbard Seed Vault could mean the difference between feast and famine.
  • If the world loses its seeds, our food supply could follow.
  • The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway.
News & Articles

  • Seed Treatment Market is Expected to Reach USD 4.45 Billion in 2018 - Transparency Market Research
    Transparency Market Research Published New “Seed Treatment Market (Insecticides, Fungicides, Other Chemical and Nonchemical Treatment) For Corn, Soybean, Wheat, Canola, Cotton and Others - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth and Forecast, 2012 - 2018” Market Research Report In Store. Browse the full report at http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/seed-treatment-market.html (PRWeb ...
    June 17, 2013 - PRWeb
  • DuPont Opens Seed Facility in Ukraine
    Chemical giant DuPont opened a seed production facility in Stasi, Dykanka region, Poltava oblast, Ukraine to help farmers increase their harvests.
    June 17, 2013 - Zacks via Yahoo! Finance
  • DuPont Opens Seed Facility in Ukraine - Analyst Blog
    Chemical giant DuPont ( DD ) opened a seed production facility in Stasi, Dykanka region, Poltava oblast, Ukraine to help farmers increase their harvests. The facility will produce seeds of
    June 17, 2013 - Nasdaq
Quotes

  • Rick Pitino in SportingNews.com
    We've sat here in other years when we were in Conference USA,Pitino recalled, "thinking we deserved a number two or three seed when it didn't come to fruition, so this is very exciting for our team."
  • Antonio Pierce in ESPN
    We want the bye, we want home-field advantage, we want the No. 1 overall seed, and one game gets all of that for us,Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce said. "Same goes for the Carolina Panthers, so I think both teams will go into the...
  • Jens Stoltenberg in ABC News
    The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is our insurance policy,Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told delegates at the opening ceremony. "It is the Noah's Ark for securing biological diversity for future generations."

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