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distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another. Some [seeds] fell among thorns; . . . but other fell into good ground. Matt. xiii. 7, 8.

The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut. [Written also sawarra nut.]

To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. "He would sow some difficulty." Chaucer. A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside. Matt. xiii. 3, 4. And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. Addi…

of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit. -- Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks. Luce (Textbook of Seamanship). -- Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so c…

all singing birds of the family Fringilligæ, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House…

A mature female fish. The barbel, for the preservation or their seed, both the spawner and the milter, cover their spawn with sand. Walton.

To yield seed; to emit seed, or sperm. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Combining forms from Gr. seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as, spermatoblast, spermoblast.

Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.

A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produce seeds; the seed plants, or flowering plants. They form the most numerous group, including over 120,000 species. In general, the group is characterized by the marked development of the sporophyte, with great differentiation of its parts (root, stem, leaves, f…

The covering of a seed; -- sometimes limited to the outer coat or testa. Lindley.

One who treats of, or collects, seeds. Bailey.

Plants which produce seed; phænogamia. These plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom.

Any plant which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace phænogam.

Capable of producing seeds; phænogamic.

To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.

One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers. Gray.

One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species.

, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed by up, forth, or out. Till well nigh the day began to spring. Chaucer. To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring f…

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.