<OL TYPE="1"><LI>from which a plant germinates<OL TYPE="a"><LI>the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants<OL TYPE="1"><LI>of the grains or kernels sown</OL><LI>metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing)</OL><LI>the semen virile<OL TYPE="a"><LI>the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny<LI>family, tribe, posterity<LI>whatever possesses vital force or life giving power<OL TYPE="1"><LI>of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated</OL></OL></OL>