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seeds

NOUN

beginning, source

Synonyms

STRONGEST

berry corn egg grain nut

STRONG

bud cell conceit concept conception core ear embryo germ image impression inkling kernel notion nucleus ovule ovum particle rudiment semen spark sperm spore start suspicion

Antonyms

STRONG

being concrete death exterior exteriority outside

WEAK

ancestor effect end ending parent result

NOUN

children

Synonyms

STRONG

brood descendants heirs issue offspring posterity progeny race scions spawn successors

WEAK

progeniture

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

WEAK

ancestor effect end ending result

Example Sentences

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The 33-year-old wore a big smile after he crossed home and was showered in sunflower seeds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Xi said he would send Trump some rose seeds for the White House Rose Garden.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Guillermo Deferrari, of Ushuaia's scientific research center, downplayed the landfill theory, explaining that the colilargo is herbivore and lives off seeds and fruit found in forested ecosystems, not in dumps, where the common rat feeds.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Ma cooks the greens with mustard oil, onion seeds, a dash of cumin with tons of green chilies.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

All the seeds he had planted in the traditional group were gone.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young