Parent and Seed

Opposite meaning words

Parent noun - A father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian.

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Seed is an antonym for parent.

Nearby Words: parentage, parenting, parenthood, parental, parentally

Seed noun - The descendants of a person, animal, or plant.

Usage example: the famous stallion's seed can be found on racetracks all over the world

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Parent is an antonym for seed in topics: children, beginning.

Nearby Words: seeded, seeding, seedling, seedsman, seeder

human	human parent	human seed
good	good parent	good seed
nice	nice parent	nice seed
normal	normal parent	normal seed
Other adjectives: stable, many, single, real, main, white, new, remaining, older, magical, genetic.

The resulting yellow musk zombies are just intelligent enough to defend the parent plant, until the seed compels them to wander off somewhere for it to germinate.

Source: Parasite Zombie
However, observant players can narrow down the possibilities of this second part: The shape of the seed correlates directly to the flower that will grow; if one of the parent plants has a different seed shape then you can rule that possibility out.

Source: Video Game / StreetPass Mii Plaza
You can't grow these by just making seed and hoping the new plant is identical to the parent — you have to cut off a piece and force the plant to spit out new roots.

Source: From a Single Cell

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