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[[File:Brown Flax Seeds.jpg|thumb|300px|Broun [[flax]] seeds]]
A '''seed''' is a smaa [[Plant embryogenesis|embryonic]] [[plant]] enclosed in a coverin cried the seed coat, uisually wi some [[Fuid storage|stored fuid]]. It is the product o the ripened [[ovule]] o [[gymnosperm]] an [[angiosperm]] plants which occurs efter [[fertilization]] an some growth within the mither plant.  The furmation o the seed completes the process o [[reproduction]] in seed plants (stairtit wi the development o [[flouer]]s an [[pollination]]), wi the [[embryo]] developed frae the [[zygote]] an the seed coat frae the integuments o the ovule. Aw seeds are different size, shape an colour.

Seeds hae been an important development in the reproduction an spread o [[flouerin plants]], relative tae mair primitive plants such as [[moss]]es, [[fern]]s an [[marchantiophyta|liverworts]], which dae nae hae seeds an uise ither means tae propagate themselves.  This can be seen bi the success o seed plants (baith gymnosperms an angiosperms) in dominatin biological [[Ecological niche|niche]]s on land, frae [[forest]]s tae [[grassland]]s baith in het an cauld [[climates]].

The term "seed" an aa haes a general meanin that antedates the abuin—onythin that can be [[Sowin|sown]], e.g. "seed" [[tattie]]s, "seeds" o [[maize|corn]] or [[sunflouer seed|sunflouer "seeds"]]. In the case o [[sunflouer]] an corn "seeds", whit is sown is the seed enclosed in a shell or [[husk]], whauras the tattie is a [[tuber]].

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