Wt/tum/mbewu
ChiTumbuka[edit | edit source]
Zina[edit | edit source]
Ching'anamulo: Mbewu ni njere izo tikupanda kuti chinthu chimele.
English[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
seed (countable and uncountable, plural seeds)
seed Sunflower seeds (1).
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit. quotations ▼
- If you plant a seed in the spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in the autumn.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- The entire field was covered with geese eating the freshly sown seed.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (uncountable) Semen. quotations ▼
- A man must use his seed to start and raise a family.
- (countable, figuratively) A precursor. synonym ▲
- Synonym: germ
- the seed of an idea; which idea was the seed (idea)?