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1) "Thistle" -- As to thistle seed this·tle Pronunciation: 'thi-s&l Function: noun Etymology: Middle English thistel, from Old English; akin to Old High German distill thistle : any of various prickly composite plants (especially genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum) with often showy heads of mostly tubular flowers ; also : any of various other prickly plants - this·tly /'thi-s(&-)lE/ adjective [thistle illustration] Pronunciation Symbols Milk thistle flowerhead Thistledown a method of seed dispersal by wind. The tiny seeds are a favorite of goldfinches and some other small birds. Thistle is the common name of a polyphyletic group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp spines or prickles on the margins, mostly in the plant family Asteraceae. Their prickles often occur all over the plant, including on the stem and flat parts of the leaf. These are an adaptation protecting against herbivorous animals, discouraging them from feeding on the plant. Prickles can be a nuisance when walking barefoot, one motivation for wearing suitable footwear when outdoors. The thistle, in particular Onopordum acanthium (the cotton thistle or Scotch thistle), is the national flower of Scotland, and is featured in many Scottish symbols and logos. Legend has it that a Viking attacker stepped on one at night and cried out, so alerting the defenders of a Scottish castle. Genera in the Asteraceae with the word thistle often used in their common names include: Arctium – Burdock Carduus – Thistle Carlina – Carline thistle Centaurea – Star thistle Cicerbita – Sow thistle Cirsium – Thistle Cnicus – Blessed thistle Cynara – Artichokes, Cardoon thistle Echinops – Globethistle Notobasis – Syrian thistle Onopordum – Cotton thistle, also known as Scotch thistle Scolymus – Golden thistle or oyster thistle Silybum – Milk thistle Sonchus – Sow thistle Plants in families other than Asteraceae which are sometimes called thistle include: Salsola – Saltwort, tumbleweed or Russian thistle (family Amaranthaceae) ..." 2) "Seed" -- As to thistle seed 1seed Pronunciation: 'sEd Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural seed or seeds Etymology: Middle English, from Old English s[AE]d; akin to Old High German sAt seed, Old English sAwan to sow -- more at SOW 1 a (1) : the grains or ripened ovules of plants used for sowing (2) : the fertilized ripened ovule of a flowering plant containing an embryo and capable normally of germination to produce a new plant; broadly : a propagative plant structure (as a spore or small dry fruit) b : a propagative animal structure: (1) : MILT, SEMEN (2) : a small egg (as of an insect) (3) : a developmental form of a lower animal suitable for transplanting; specifically : SPAT c : the condition or stage of bearing seed <in seed> 2 : PROGENY 3 : a source of development or growth : GERM <sowed the seeds of discord> 4 : something (as a tiny particle or a bubble in glass) that resembles a seed in shape or size 5 : a competitor who has been seeded in a tournament <the top seed> - seed adjective - seed·ed /'sE-d&d/ adjective - seed·less /'sEd-l&s/ adjective - seed·like /-"lIk/ adjective - go to seed or run to seed 1 : to develop seed 2 : DECAY, DETERIORATE Pronunciation Symbols A ripe red jalapeño cut open to show the seeds A seed is a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some stored food. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the motherplant. The formation of the seed completes the process of reproduction in seed plants (started with the development of flowers and pollination), with the embryo developed from the zygote and the seed coat from the integuments of the ovule. This process starts with double fertilization in angiosperms and it involves the fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei into a zygote. The second part of this process is the fusion of the polar nuclei with a second sperm cell nucleus, thus forming a primary endosperm. Right after fertilization the zygote is mostly inactive but the primary endosperm divides rapidly to form the endosperm tissue. This tissue becomes the food that the young plant will consume until the roots have developed after germination or it develops into a hard seed coat. The seed, which is an embryo with two points of growth (one of which forms the stems the other the roots) is enclosed in a seed coat with some food reserves. In gymnosperms the two sperm cells transferred from the pollen do not develop seed by double fertilization but instead only one sperm fertilizes the egg while the other is not used. The seed is composed of the embryo (the result of fertilization) and tissue from the mother plant, which also form a cone around the seed in coniferous plants like Pine and Spruce. The new seed is formed in plant structures called fruits in angiosperms. Seed also has a general meaning which predates the above - any thing that can be sown i.e. "seed" potatoes, "seeds" of corn or sunflower "seeds". In the case of sunflower and corn "seeds", what is sown is the seed enclosed in a shell or hull, and the potato is a root or stem depending on what is being sowed. Seeds have been an important development in the reproduction and spread of flowering plants, relative to more primitive plants like mosses, ferns an..." 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