seeded raisin

4.5

A raisin that still has its hard seed inside

noun

: pasa con semillas

She bit into a seeded raisin and found a hard seed inside.

Examples

The recipe calls for seeded raisins, but you can use seedless ones if you prefer.
Traditional fruitcakes are often made with seeded raisins for added texture.
I bought a bag of seeded raisins from the market.
Have you ever tried seeded raisins in your oatmeal?
The recipe calls for seeded raisins, but you can use seedless ones if you prefer.
Traditional fruitcakes are often made with seeded raisins for added texture.
She bit into a seeded raisin and found a hard seed inside.

Surface Forms

seeded raisin singular

seeded raisins plural

Morphology

seeded + raisin

The phrase is a simple adjective + noun composition: 'seeded' (having seeds) modifies 'raisin' (dried grape), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer it means a raisin that contains seeds. This straightforward modifier relationship is common cross-linguistically and requires no idiomatic knowledge, making the expression immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Seeded raisin comes from the simple image of a raisin with its seeds still inside. Long ago most grapes had seeds, so people called dried grapes 'seeded' to show they were not 'seedless', and today seeded raisin still means a raisin that has seeds.