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noun

• a small hard fruit

• a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

• one of the outstanding players in a tournament

• anything that provides inspiration for later work

• the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

verb

• go to seed; shed seeds

• help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

• bear seeds

• place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth

• distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

• sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain

• inoculate with microorganisms

• remove the seeds from

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noun

• (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants

90%14 A major component of the human microbiome
noun

• any organism of microscopic size

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