seed A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiospe ...

is an encased plant embryo. Seed or seeds may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* ''SeeD'', a mercenary working for

Garden A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ...

in the video game ''Final Fantasy VIII'' * SEED, the unknown, plantlike life form that features in the video game ''

Phantasy Star Universe (''PSU'') is an action role-playing video game developed by Sega's Sonic Team for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 platforms. It was released in Japan for the PC and PlayStation 2 on August 31, 2006; the Xbox 360 version was re ...

Films

* ''Seed'' (1931 film), a film notable for an early appearance by Bette Davis * ''Seed'', a 1997 short film starring Rose McGowan * ''The Seed'' (short film), a 2005 short film produced and directed by Joe Hahn of Linkin Park * ''Seed'' (2007 film), a Canadian horror film by Uwe Boll * ''The Seed'' (2021 film), a British body horror film by Sam Walker * Seed Productions, Hugh Jackman's film production company

Gaming

* ''Seed'' (2006 video game), a defunct MMORPG developed by Runestone Game Development * ''Seed'' (upcoming video game), an upcoming MMO simulation game developed by Klang Games * Map seed, a number or text string used to initialize a procedural map generator in a video game

Music

Groups and labels

Seed Records Seed Records has been the name of multiple record labels. 1970s American label Seed Records was a record label started in 1972 by Paul Clark, a musician involved in the Jesus music movement. The label ran until circa 1981, when he started ...

, a record label *

The Seeds The Seeds were an American psychedelic garage rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965, best known for their highest charting single "Pushin' Too Hard". The band's classic line-up featured frontman Sky Saxon, guitarist Jan Savage (b ...

, a 1960s rock 'n' roll band * Seeed, a German reggae fusion band

Albums

* ''Seed'' (Afro Celt Sound System album), or the title song * ''Seed'' (Nick Harper album), 1995 * ''Seeds'' (Brother Cane album), 1995 * ''Seeds'' (Hey Rosetta! album), 2011 * ''Seed'' (Mami Kawada album), 2006 * ''Seeds'' (TV on the Radio album), 2014

Songs

* "Seed", by The Academy Is... from ''

Santi Santi is used as: People with the surname * Brenden Santi (born 1993), Australian-Italian rugby league player * Domenico Santi (1621–1694), also known as il Mengazzino, Italian painter * Emanuele Santi, Italian economist and political scienti ...

'' * "Seed", by Carbon Leaf from '' Nothing Rhymes with Woman'' * "Seed", by Korn from '' Follow the Leader'' * "Seed", by Mudvayne from '' The Beginning of All Things to End * "Seed", by Sublime from ''

Sublime Sublime may refer to: Entertainment * SuBLime, a comic imprint of Viz Media for BL manga * Sublime (band), an American ska punk band ** ''Sublime'' (album), 1996 * ''Sublime'' (film), a 2007 horror film * SubLime FM, a Dutch radio station dedic ...

'' * "Seeds", by Bruce Springsteen from '' Live/1975–85'' * "

The Seed (2.0) "The Seed (2.0)" is the second single by The Roots from their fifth album ''Phrenology'' (2002). The track, which features Cody Chesnutt on the guitar and vocals, is an "uptempo retooling" of his song "The Seed" from the album ''The Headphone Mast ...

", by The Roots and Cody Chesnutt, 2002 * "The Seed", by Aurora from ''

A Different Kind of Human (Step 2) ''A Different Kind of Human (Step 2)'' is the second studio album by Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer Aurora. It was released on 7 June 2019 by Decca and Glassnote Records. It succeeds the album's first and previous chapter '' Infec ...

Periodicals and books

* ''Seed'' (magazine), a U.S. science magazine * ''Seed'' (student newspaper), published at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia * ''Chicago Seed'' (newspaper), published in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., in the late 1960s * ''The Seed'' (novel), a 1940 novel by Tarjei Vesaas

Television and anime

Series

* ''Seed'' (TV series), a Canadian TV series * ''

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED is an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. The ninth installment in the ''Gundam'' franchise, ''Gundam SEED'' takes place in a future calendar era, in this case the Cosmic Era. In this era, mankind has devel ...

'', a Japanese anime series **'' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'', its sequel

Episodes

* "Seed" (''The Walking Dead''), 2012 * "Seeds" (''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''), 2014 * "Seeds" (''The Handmaid's Tale''), 2018 * "Seeds" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''), 2007 * "Seeds" (''Sons of Anarchy''), 2008 * "The Seed" (''Stargate Atlantis''), 2008

Visual arts

*Sculptures by the Singaporean sculptor

Han Sai Por Han Sai Por (; born 19 July 1943) is a Singaporean sculptor. A graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), East Ham College of Art, Wolverhampton College of Art (now the School of Art and Design of the University of Wolverhampton) and ...

** ''Seed Series'' (1998) **''Seeds'' (2006)

Education

SEED Foundation The SEED Foundation (also often referred to as the SEED Schools) is a 501(c)(3) organization, established in 1997 to provide boarding school college-preparatory educational opportunities to underserved students.SEED School (Toronto), a Toronto District School Board alternative high school located in Toronto, Canada

Organizations

SEED (organization) ''SEED'' is a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy. It was initiated in 2001 by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB). Under the name ''SE ...

, a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy *

The Seed (organization) The Seed was a controversial drug rehabilitation program in the United States that operated between 1970 and 2001. Aimed at youths, the program was modeled after adult treatment programs, with its techniques having been compared to those of the cul ...

, a controversial drug rehabilitation program in the United States that operated between 1970 and 2001 *

Seed A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiospe ...

, a climate change activist organisation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people

Science and technology

Computing

Seeds (cellular automaton) Seeds is a cellular automaton in the same family as the Game of Life, initially investigated by Brian Silverman and named by Mirek Wójtowicz. It consists of an infinite two-dimensional grid of cells, each of which may be in one of two states: ...

, a cellular automaton rule similar to Conway's ''Game of Life'' *

Seeding (computing) In computing, and specifically peer-to-peer file sharing, seeding is the uploading of already downloaded content for others to download from. A peer, a computer that is connected to the network, becomes a seed when having acquired the entire set of ...

, a practice within peer-to-peer file sharing ** Seed (BitTorrent), a peer that has a complete copy of a torrented file and still offers it for upload * Seed (programming), a JavaScript library of the GNOME * Random seed, a value used to initialize a pseudo-random number generator *

SEED A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiospe ...

, a Korean block cipher *

Seed7 Seed7 is an extensible general-purpose programming language designed by Thomas Mertes. It is syntactically similar to Pascal and Ada. Along with many other features, it provides an extension mechanism. Daniel Zingaro"Modern Extensible Languages" ...

, an extensible general-purpose programming language *

Backdoor.Win32.Seed Backdoor.Win32.Seed is a backdoor Trojan for Microsoft Windows operating system family. Its first known detection goes back to February 7th, 2005, according to Securelist (Kaspersky Labs). Meanwhile, there are several variants of this malware, that ...

, a backdoor Trojan

Other uses in science and technology

* Seed, a synonym for

sperm Sperm is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller, male one). Animals produce motile sperm with a tail known as a flagellum, whi ...

or semen *

Seed crystal A seed crystal is a small piece of single crystal or polycrystal material from which a large crystal of typically the same material is grown in a laboratory. Used to replicate material, the use of seed crystal to promote growth avoids the otherwi ...

, a small crystal from which a larger single crystal is to be grown * AOL Seed, an open content submission website and platform where writers and photographers could submit their work and get paid for each work submitted * Standard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data, a data specification from the International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks *

Strategic Explorations of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru Strategic Explorations of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru (SEEDS) is a multi-year survey that used the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii in an effort to directly image extrasolar planets and protoplanetary/debris disks around hundreds of n ...

(SEEDS), a multi-year astronomical survey seeking to identify extrasolar planets and disks around nearby stars using the Subaru telescope in Hawaii

Other uses

Seed (sports) A seed is a competitor or team in a sport or other tournament who is given a preliminary ranking for the purposes of the draw. Players/teams are "planted" into the bracket in a manner that is typically intended so that the best do not meet until ...

, a ranked competitor for the purposes of a tournament draw * Seed (surname) * Seed money, an early stage in the development of an entrepreneurial firm * ''

Bīja In Hinduism and Buddhism, the Sanskrit term Bīja () ( Jp. 種子 shuji) (Chinese 种子 zhǒng zǐ), literally seed, is used as a metaphor for the origin or cause of things and cognate with bindu. Buddhist theory of karmic seeds Various schools ...

'', literally "seed", a metaphor for the origin or cause of things in Buddhism and Hinduism