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1.Bot. ovule, Bot. embryo, Embryol. germ, Bot. ovum; tuber, bulb, Bot. corm.

2. sperm, spermatic fluid, semen, spermatozoa, milt; egg, gamete, germ cell; zygote, fertilized egg, spawn, roe.

3. germ, source, root, origin, cause, provocation; basis, grounds, reason, motive, motivation, motivating factor.

4. progeny, descendants, offspring, offshoots, issue, posterity, scions; successors, heirs, heirs apparent; lineage, succession, progeniture, younger or rising generation; family, children, Inf. kids, sons, daughters, brood; young, spawn, litter, fry; (all of animals) kids, calves, lambs, whelps, foals, cubs, pups, puppies, kittens, kitties, chicks, chickens; (all of plants) shoots, offsets, Bot. runners, Bot. stolons, stems, sprouts, sprigs, plantlets, slips, cuttings.

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5.(all of seeds) scatter, sow, distribute; plant, put in, set in, place in, inset, bury.