Seedstock
noun
1.
seed, tubers, or roots selected and kept for planting.
2.
animals, especially pedigreed livestock, maintained for breeding purposes.
3.
the animals needed to replenish a population, as after hunting or fishing.
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noun 1. the six-legged nymphal form of a tick, somewhat resembling a seed.
- Seedtime
noun 1. the season for sowing seed.
- Seed-vessel
noun, Botany. 1. a pericarp. noun 1. (botany) a dry fruit, such as a capsule
- Seed-weevil
noun 1. seed beetle. noun 1. any of several beetles of the family Bruchidae that infest the seeds of legumes.
- Seedy
adjective, seedier, seediest. 1. abounding in seed. 2. containing many seeds, as a piece of fruit. 3. gone to seed; bearing seeds. 4. poorly kept; run-down; shabby. 5. shabbily dressed; unkempt: a seedy old tramp. 6. physically run-down; under the weather: He felt a bit seedy after his operation. 7. somewhat disreputable; degraded: a seedy […]