almond vs seed

almond

noun
  • Prunus dulcis var. amara, bitter almond, a variety that only produces bitter fruits 

  • A type of tree nut. 

  • Flavor or other characteristics of almond. 

  • The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour. 

  • Prunus japonica, flowering almond, an ornamental shrub in family Rosaceae 

  • The color of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown. 

  • Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil. 

  • Brabejum stellatifolium or bitter almond, in family Proteaceae 

  • Prunus andersonii, desert almond, a North American shrub in family Rosaceae 

  • A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, that produces predominantly sweet almonds. 

  • Terminalia catappa, Indian almond or tropical almond, in family Combretaceae 

  • Prunus fasciculata, desert range almond or wild almond, North American shrub in family Rosaceae 

adj
  • Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut. 

seed

noun
  • Any small seed-like fruit. 

  • A fragment of coral. 

  • The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position) 

  • Initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). (seed number) 

  • A precursor. 

  • An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted. 

  • Semen. 

  • The competitor or team occupying a given seed. (seed position) 

  • Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. 

  • Commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message) 

  • Race; generation; birth. 

  • A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass. 

  • A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant. 

verb
  • To grow to maturity. 

  • To produce seed. 

  • To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations. 

  • To allocate a seeding to a competitor. 

  • To plant or sow an area with seeds. 

  • To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent). 

  • To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final. 

  • To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum. 

  • To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of. 

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