seedtime (sedtim)

[ seed. While the earth remain eth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Gen. viii. 22. Too forward seed - times make thy harvest lame. Quarles, Emblems, iv. 4. seed-ve el (sēd'ves"el), n. In bot . , the pericarp which contains the seeds. See cuts under dehiscence, flax , and follicle . 5465 Seed-weevil (Apion rostrum ) . (Cro shows natural size.)