An edible seed of Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family native to Central America, or of the related Salvia columbariae of southwestern United States and Mexico.

An ostracod

plural of seed shrimp

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rye, seed. / Caraway seed, used whole as a flavoring in the best-known type of rye bread, and often mistakenly assumed to be the rye itself.

(US, dialects) Fennel seed, caraway, anise, eaten to foster wakefulness.

(knitting) A basic basketweave in which knit and purl stitches alternate in every column ("wale") and every row ("course"), i.e. every knit stitch is flanked on all four sides by purl stitches, and vice versa.

plural of seed stitch

The seed of a Japanese shrub, Lindera praecox that yields an aromatic oil.

A small crystal from which a larger crystal of the same substance is grown

The bud or germ of a seed; an ovule.