Talk:Seed

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Seeds are embryonic plants enclosed in protective outer coverings. This collage of forty-two photomicrographs depicts the seeds of various plants, in rows from left to right:

Row 1: poppy, red pepper, strawberry, apple, blackberry, rice, caraway
Row 2: mustard, eggplant, physalis, grape, raspberry, red rice, patchouli
Row 3: fig, matrimony vine, beetroot, blueberry, golden kiwifruit, rose hip, basil
Row 4: pink pepper, tomato, radish, carrot, matthiola, dill, coriander
Row 5: black pepper, white cabbage, napa cabbage, seabuckthorn, parsley, dandelion, shepherd's purse
Row 6: cauliflower, radish, kiwifruit, grenadilla, passion fruit, melissa, African marigold

Photograph credit: Alexander Klepnev

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Definition question

If the technical definition is a seed with a protective outer covering, why are sunflower seeds in a different category? It is a seed with a protective outer covering. Wis2fan (talk) 03:14, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

The technical definition of a seed incorporates the origin of the structure. A flower has one (zero in the case of male or sterile flowers) carpels, each of which is composed of an ovary, plus other parts (styles and stigmas). An ovary has one or more locules, and a locule contains one or more ovules. It is an ovule that gives rise to a seed, which is composted of the embryo (the new plant), the endosperm (a nutrient store for the embryo) and the seed coat (tegmen and testa). The ovary as a whole matures into a fruit. When ovary has a single ovule you end up with a single-seeded fruit. Sunflower "seeds" are an example of this. They are a type of fruit referred to as achenes, or if you're defining fruit types narrowly, as cypselae, in which the protective coat of the embryo consists of the tegmen, testa and (derived from the walls of the ovary) pericarp. The sunflower "seed" is developmentally equivalent to the whole apple (the fruit), rather than to the pip (the seed). The grains of grasses are a similar case - grass seeds are technically fruits, not seeds. Lavateraguy (talk) 17:29, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

The Study about different types of kitchen waste seeds

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"Medium-sized seeds" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Medium-sized seeds has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 January 27 § Medium-sized seeds until a consensus is reached. consarn _{(speak evil) (see evil)} 20:08, 27 January 2025 (UTC)