01 n. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.
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A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.[Obs.]“But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds.” — Evelyn.
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Hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced.[Obs.]
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A place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
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Seminal state.[Obs.]
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Fig.: A seed bed; a source.[Obs.]
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A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.[Obs.]