Definition of Seed leaf

1. Noun. Embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants.

Exact synonyms: Cotyledon
Generic synonyms: Cataphyll

Definition of Seed leaf

1. Noun. (botany) (One of the) first leaf/leaves a seed plant's embryo develops ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seed Leaf

seed-lac
seed beetle
seed cake
seed catalog
seed catalogue
seed change
seed coat
seed corn
seed drill
seed fern
seed fill
seed fills
seed grain
seed lac
seed leaf
seed leaves
seed money
seed moneys
seed monies
seed oyster
seed pearl
seed pearls
seed pit
seed plant
seed plants
seed shrimp
seed stock
seed stocks
seed tick

Literary usage of Seed leaf

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1875)
"The Connecticut seed-leaf, used for wrappers for Havana fillers, and lower grades of fillers, ... The Connecticut seed-leaf is the kind grown in New York, ..."

2. Experiments with plants by Winthrop John Van Leuven Osterhout (1905)
"Section of a bit of the seed-leaf of the Horse-bean, showing cells filled with starch-grains (sO, the protoplasm (pr) lying between them, the nuclei (n) and ..."

3. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1902)
"White burley, seed leaf, Zimmer's Spanish and Dutch. Of these, we grow seed leaf, Spanish and Dutch only. No plant that I have any knowledge of is more ..."

4. The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884 by James Hammond Trumbull (1886)
"The leaf is about two thirds the size of what is known as Connecticut seed-leaf, and as it grows more closely together will, under favorable circumstances, ..."

5. Industrial Combinations and Trusts by William Harrison Spring Stevens (1913)
"seed leaf.—Defendants' plan, Exhibit E, shows that of the seed-leaf tobacco, which is used mainly for cigars and so-called scrap smoking and chewing tobacco ..."

6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1868)
"Opening in Nov, 1866, under a heavy money pressure, prices were sustained in the foce of a large sale of seed leaf to realize. A leading manufacturer took ..."

7. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1868)
"Opening in NOT, 186G, under a heavy money pressure, prices were sustained in the face of a large sale of seed leaf to realize. A leading manufacturer took ..."

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