What is that from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice called?
seed — That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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