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• Seed — A seed Audio IPA|en us seed.ogg|/ˈsiːd/ (in some plants, referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and… …   Wikipedia

• Seed dispersal — is the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant. Plants have limited mobility and consequently rely upon a variety of dispersal vectors to transport their propagules, including both abiotic and biotic vectors. Seeds can be… …   Wikipedia

• root — [n] base, core basis, bedrock, beginnings, bottom, cause, center, crux, derivation, essence, essentiality, footing, foundation, fountain, fountainhead, fundamental, germ, ground, groundwork, heart, inception, infrastructure, mainspring, marrow,… …   New thesaurus

• seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction       respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… …   Universalium

• seed — {{11}}seed (n.) O.E. sed, sæd, from P.Gmc. *sædis, *sæda (Cf. O.N. sað, O.S. sad, O.Fris. sed, M.Du. saet, O.H.G. sat, Ger. Saat), from root *sæ to sow, from PIE root *se to sow (see …   Etymology dictionary

• Root — This article is about the part of a plant. For other uses, see Root (disambiguation). Primary and secondary roots in a cotton plant In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil. This is… …   Wikipedia

• root — root1 rootlike, adj. /rooht, root/, n. 1. a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture. 2. a similar organ developed from some… …   Universalium

• Root — /rooht/, n. 1. Elihu /el euh hyooh /, 1845 1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel peace prize 1912. 2. John Wellborn /wel beuhrn/, 1851 91, U.S. architect. * * * In botany, the underground anchoring part of a plant. It grows downward in response… …   Universalium

• Root beer — A glass of root beer with foam Root beer is a carbonated, sweetened beverage, originally made using the root of a sassafras plant (or the bark of a sassafras tree) as the primary flavor. Root beer, popularized in North America, comes in two forms …   Wikipedia

• Root cellar — A root cellar is a structure originating before the advent of electricity to store vegetables. They are still used today on a commercial scale to store seed potatoes during the winter, while on a private scale families still maintain small… …   Wikipedia

• root — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rōt, from Old Norse; akin to Old English wyrt root, Latin radix, Greek rhiza Date: 12th century 1. a. the usually underground part of a seed plant body that originates… …   New Collegiate Dictionary