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seed
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of SEED
1
the source from which something grows or develops <ancient Greece provided the seed for much of Western civilization's political and philosophical thought>
Related Words font, fountain, spring, well, wellhead, wellspring; beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start, threshold; creation, inauguration, origination
2
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant <the famous stallion's seed can be found on racetracks all over the world>
Near Antonyms ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear (also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitor
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