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seed
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seed can be "natural" (or "heirloom"), hybrid, or genetically manipulated (GM). Natural seed is often taken from a portion of a farmer's own crops. Farming tradition has often included the sharing and trading of seed varieties among farmers. Hybrids are a cross of 2 or more crop varieties selected for their positive growing characteristics (such as short growing season, or resistance to heat, cold, or disease). Hybrid seeds are sterile, and must be purchased. ...
ó: kosmoi.com/Technology/Agriculture/
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seed
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An initial value supplied to a random-number algorithm with which the algorithm can generate a unique sequence of pseudo-random numbers.
ó: davinci01.man.ac.uk/ibmcxx/glossary/s.htm
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seeker, bone
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An ion or compound that localizes preferentially in bone (e.g., strontium).
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see-saw n.
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that in which one eye moves up as the other moves down.
ó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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seed t.
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the young six-legged larva of a tick: after molting it emerges as an eight-legged nymph.
ó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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