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Sedulous
- adjective - marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"
See Also
- adjective - compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
Seecatch
- - A full-grown male fur seal.
Seed Lac
- noun - granular material obtained from stick lac by crushing and washing
Seed-Lac
- - A species of lac. See the Note under Lac.
Seedbeds
- noun - a bed where seedlings are grown before transplanting
Seedcake
- noun - a sweet cake flavored with sesame or caraway seeds and lemon
Seedcase
- noun - the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
SEEDCORN
- unknown - 1. the good quality ears or kernels of corn that are used as seed
2. assets or investments that are expected to provide profits in the future
Seediest
- adjective - full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"
- morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"
- shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain
- somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"