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seedy

seedy

1 4.8
Full of seeds that you can see when you cut it
  • adjective
  • /ˈsiːdi/
: con semillas
  • Seedy Saturdays, held across Canada, are community events started by Seeds of Diversity Canada to promote backyard seed saving and to encourage seed exchange among gardeners (see http://www.seeds.ca).
  • seedy insides
  • seedy stools
  • sweet and seedy

It was delicious, it was seedy, it was colourful, it was exotic, it was violent.

Examples

  • Slowly he brushed the crumbs of seedy cake from the folds of his pendulous waistcoat.

    Sleuth (1972)

  • Would you rather have a seedy watermelon or a seedless watermelon?

  • With a cucumber cut lengthwise, you have to scrape out the seedy center first.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • It has a great pop, kind of average amount of seeds for a cherry tomato, so it's not very seedy and the flavor is so incredible.

  • It was the eve of a feast; there were seedy loaves to make, sweet braids, and a special holiday loaf in the shape of a crown.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The seedy watermelon was full of large, black seeds that made it difficult to enjoy.

  • To make a salsa, start by scooping out the seedy parts of the tomatoes before chopping.

  • Some people prefer seedy fruits because they believe the seeds add more flavor.

Synonyms

seeded
vsseedy
1 1.0

Containing small hard parts that can grow into plants, often in fruit or bread

applies only to plants and fruit rather than food items
multi-seeded
vsseedy
2.8

Having many small parts that can grow into new plants

focuses on containing seeds without specifying a number
several-seeded
vsseedy
4.2

Having several seeds inside a fruit or pod

refers simply to containing seeds without number detail

Antonyms

seedless
8 3.1

Plants or fruit that have no small hard parts inside and are easy to eat

Compounds

seedy motel
  • Informal
2 6.7

A cheap motel in poor condition where crime happens

How Seeded

seedy
1 4.8
seedless
8 3.1

Surface Forms

seedy positive

Morphology

seedy = seed (transparent) = seed + y

Standard adjectival formation meaning 'full of or characterized by seeds'; the meaning is directly derived from 'seed'.

Etymology

The word seedy comes from the simple word seed plus the ending -y, which gives the idea 'full of'. So a seedy fruit is literally 'full of seeds'.