(countable) The initial state, condition or position of a changing, growing or developing process; the ultimate precursor in a defined chain of precursors.
The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position)
Initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). (seed number)
Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
“In maize, as in all flowering plants, the seed develops inside a coat of maternal origin.”
“They opened up a space for cultivated literary uses, which, after being successively expanded, served as the seed of the contemporary Catalan literary system.”
“The key is that the promise was made to Abraham and to his seed, that is, to one seed, to one offspring.”
“The are also important breeding colonies of birds in this area including the blue swallow, Denham's bustard, Njombe cisticola and Kipengere seedeater.”
“Rufous-capped warbler and white-collared seedeater from Webb County, Texas.”
“The white-collared seedeater, is a very small, black and white finch about 11 cm in total length.”
“Pre-irrigation can also provide ideal soil-water content in the seedbed so that uniform germination begins soon after seeding.”
“Vernon gave an account of how New York, at the time, served as a seedbed of innovation and entrepreneurial activity.”
“It was rightly recognized as the seedbed of rational medicine, even after the original methods had been discarded, forgotten, and misunderstood by the medicine which grew up around its foundation.”
“The seedhead of slender wild oat is very attenuated and from it projects a long awn that looks like an antenna from a large insect.”
“Once these brown discs are removed, the silvery-white central circular seedhead makes an elegant dried display.”
“Macropodids may take small berries or seedheads entirely into the mouth, grip the stalk, and pluck off the seedhead against the upper or lower incisors.”
seedlot
(agriculture) A particular batch of seeds, often collected from a specific zone (the seedzone).