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one-seeded

one-seeded

3.9
A fruit or plant that has one seed inside, like an avocado
  • adjective
  • /wʌnˈsiːdɪd/
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  • Avocado is an example of a one-seeded fruit.

Examples

  • A nut is an example of a one-seeded fruit that has a hard shell.

  • I found a one-seeded pod in the garden.

  • Each berry produced by the shrub was one-seeded and glossy.

  • The one-seeded pods help botanists identify certain species of plants.

  • The one-seeded fruit fell from the tree.

  • In botany, olives are considered a type of one-seeded berry.

  • The avocado is classified as a one-seeded fruit with a creamy texture.

Synonyms

one-seed
vsone-seeded
1 5.2

A fruit or plant part that has one seed inside

is the adjective form used instead of a noun phrase
single-seeded
vsone-seeded
3.3

A fruit or plant that has only one seed

is an alternative adjective form with identical meaning

Antonyms

multi-seeded
2.8

Having many small parts that can grow into new plants

How Many Seeds

one-seeded
3.9
seedless
5 3.1

Surface Forms

one-seeded positive

Morphology

one-seeded = seeded (transparent) = one + seed + ed

Clearly formed by adding the numeral prefix 'one-' to the adjective 'seeded', directly meaning 'having a single seed'.

Etymology

One-seeded comes from joining one and seeded, where one means 'single' and seeded means 'having a seed'. So a one-seeded fruit or plant is one that has only a single seed, which makes the word easy to remember.