SEED

noun

1. A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
2. Any small seed-like fruit.
3. Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.

verb

1. To plant or sow an area with seeds.
2. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
3. To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.