seeded — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Bearing seed.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

2. Sown.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

3. Being a seed; being in a seed position.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

4. Having the stamens / seeds indicated.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a rose

   Examples

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   A rose in heraldry is a five-petalled one, and the five leaves and the seeds are often of different tinctures, e.g. A rose Gules barbed and seeded proper. When barbed and seeded proper the barbs or leaves are green and the seeds yellow. Otherwise the barbs and seeds must have their tincture stated.

Adjective

1. (of the more skilled contestants) selectively arranged in the draw for position in a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds

   Antonyms

   unseeded

2. having the seeds extracted

   Examples

   seeded raisins

3. having seeds as specified

   Examples

   many-seeded

   black-seeded

4. having or supplied with seeds

   Examples

   a seeded breadfruit

   seeded rolls

5. sprinkled with seed

   Synonyms

   sown

   Examples

   a seeded lawn