"Seed" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhǒng zi seed / CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]
 méng yá to sprout (lit. or fig.) / to bud / to germinate / germ / seed / bud
 zhǒng seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts
 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° / (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-
 shí real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely
 zǐ lì seed
 zhǒng shí seed / seedpod / aril
 zǐ shí seed / grain / kernel / bean
 guā zǐ melon seed / seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
 lián zǐ lotus seed
 xuǎn yù seed selection / breeding
 Dòu bàn cotyledon of a bean (i.e. either of the halves of a bean seed that can be split apart after removing the seed coat) / thick bean sauce (abbr. for 豆瓣醬|豆瓣酱[dou4 ban4 jiang4])
 lián péng lotus seed head
 jué míng zǐ (botany) cassia seed
  seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US)
 bā dòu croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] / croton seed, a strong purgative
  seed selection
 pàng dà hǎi malva nut / seed of Sterculia lychnophora
 lián róng lotus seed paste
 xiǎo huí xiāng fennel / fennel seed
 bái zhī ma sesame seed
 bèi zǐ zhí wù angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
 shuò guǒ seed pod (botany)
 cǎi zhǒng seed collecting
 luǒ zǐ zhí wù gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
 jiá guǒ seed pod / legume
 bì castor seed
 zhǒng rén seed kernel
 bàn zhǒng seed dressing
 bāo yī zhǒng zi seed enclosed in artificial capsule
 tǔ huí xiāng dill seed
 bā dòu shù croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1], with seed having strong purgative properties
 guǒ bō dissemination as fruit (evolutionary strategy for seed dispersal)
 liú zhǒng to keep a seed stock / seed held back for planting
 bái má zǐ cannabis seed
 zhǒng kuài seed tuber
 zhǒng zi zhí wù seed plant
 zhǒng shǔ seed tuber
 yǐng guǒ grain / caryopsis (single seed typical of grasses)
 yīng sù zhǒng zi poppy seed
 hú má zǐ sesame seed
 jiè cài zǐ mustard seed
 huí xiāng zǐ cumin / fennel seed
 shí luó zǐ dill seed
 lián róng bāo lotus seed bun
 bèi zǐ zhí wù mén angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
 luǒ zǐ zhí wù mén gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone)
 yě xiǎo huí dill seed
  Seed Information System
  Seed Review Group
  seed broadcaster
  morning glory seed
  Regional Seed Production and Supply Programme
  Seed Improvement and Development Programme
 yuán shǐ zī běn seed capital / seed money
  seed bank
  seed dispersal
 mián zǐ bǐng cotton seed cake
  International Association of Seed Crushers
  seed coating / seed protectant
  seed orchard
  Svalbard International Seed Vault
  seed stock
  seed stock
  ECO Seed Association
  true potato seed
  Meeting of Experts on Standardization of Seed Potatoes
  Seed Initiative - Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and Development
  Millennium Seed Bank
  Seed Capital Fund
  World Seed Year
  seed tree cutting / seed tree method
 ài yù zǐ jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)
 ā yù wèi shí seed of ajwain / Semen Trachyspermi coptici
 lái fú zǐ radish seed (used in TCM to treat indigestion)
 dì (literary) lotus seed / Taiwan pr. [di1]
 bō zhòng to grow (maize etc) from seed / to plant (maize etc) by sowing seed
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