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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Aug 14, 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.
Nov 10, 2006 · Nov 10, 2006. #8. This method of sowing seeds is also known as 'broadcasting', which has given its name to the dissemination of information through various media. (By the way, the literal meaning of 'dissemination' is 'spreading seeds', and it is still occasionally used in that sense: the OED gives the example 1859 DARWIN Orig. Spec. iii. (1873 ...
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 ...
Mar 10, 2012 · There is a "pit" which is often used interchangeably with the "stone" in some places. It depends on which part of the country as to whether they use "pit" or "stone". When referring to grain, "kernel" normally refers to the seed that is attached to the head. For example, in corn, the head is called the "cob." The cob holds the kernel.
