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Mar 20, 2011 · But since genetic manipulation isn't perfect, there may be some small seeds. And since the watermelon company probably has lawyers, the company was told to put a disclaimer on the melon. I think "May contain occasional seeds" is fairly good for getting the message across to the consumer in a friendly, easy-to-understand way with just four words.
Sep 16, 2011 · Senior Member. Lavapiestán, Madrid. English (Aztlán, US sector) Sep 19, 2011. #8. In AmEng grapes, lemons and oranges have seeds, not pips, apricots, peaches, cherries and plums have pits. All the seeds in your original list are indeed called seeds in Am Eng.
Feb 8, 2014 · seed /siːd/ n. a mature fertilized plant ovule, consisting of an embryo and its food store surrounded by a protective seed coat (testa)Related adjective (s): seminal. the small hard seedlike fruit of plants such as wheat. (loosely) any propagative part of a plant, such as a tuber, spore, or bulb. the source, beginning, or germ of anything: the ...
Jun 29, 2021 · Senior Member. London. English - South-East England. Jun 29, 2021. #2. I use 'pip' for the smaller, softer seeds of something like an apple, orange, or watermelon, and 'stone' for the larger, harder thing in a cherry, apricot, or peach. I wouldn't call stones seeds, though of course the seeds of the plant are in there somewhere.
Nov 10, 2020 · I associate "sow the seeds" with the famous Oscar Wilde quote: “Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent among them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary.”. ― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism.
Oct 3, 2010 · French. Oct 3, 2010. #1. Je traduis "Games at Twilight" de Anita Desai et je bloque sur une phrase. "They wailed so horrendously that she actually let down the bolt of the front door so that they burst out like seeds from a crackling, over-ripe pod into the veranda...etc. Je n'arrive pas à trouver une image correspondante en français, can ...
Aug 13, 2015 · Aug 13, 2015. #3. To me, scattering or dispersing is a natural process. If the wind blows and blows the seeds off the plant it will scatter or disperse them across a wide area. I suppose if it is a deliberate act by a human we would usually use sow, but spread sounds like there is some intention behind it.
Mar 9, 2020 · High German. Sep 29, 2022. #8. 'germinate' and 'sprout' are similar in meaning. On the other hand, their semantic symetric difference is considerable: 'germinate' is applicable to spores in general, in particular bacteria spores. But you wouldn't say 'Clostridium sprouts'. 'sprout' is resctricted to plants and maybe fungi, but not to spores ...
Oct 2, 2008 · And this (Wiki): Similarly to Latin cuminum, Greek karon [κάρον] means “cumin”, not “caraway”. Its origin is not clear; it derives maybe from the name of a region in Asia Minor (Caria), but may well be a variant of Greek kyminon “cumin” or belong to the kin of “coriander”. The word was transferred to Latin as carum with ...
May 27, 2014 · You will normally see "sowing" (at least in BE). There is a famous hymn which starts "We plough the fields and scatter" (i.e. one way of sowing the seeds). According to the dictionary, you can "seed a field with oats", but I have never seen this (I would use "sow" instead). It may be used in AE. Seeding is also used in chemistry and biology ...
