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deseed en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + seed.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove seed or seeds from.
    • A small part of the straw is deseeded as it is delivered; the rest is deseeded by January. 1894, Yearbook of Agriculture, page 485:
    • Slice and deseed the capsicum into 5mm (1⁄4in) strips to make roughly 1⁄4 of a cup 2008, Lambert Rowst, A Blokes Guide to Cooking: the Ultimate Bluffers Guide:
    • For example, one grower in Georgia has reported that he not only markets his muscadines on the fresh market, but also deseeds and extracts the juice from the pulp and skins, freezes it, and sells it to a commercial winery. 2004, Soils of Arkansas County, Arkansas, page 39:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
deseeding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
deseeded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
deseeded Tense=Past lexicographic
deseeds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

deseeder

Translations (2)

nl ontpitten (to remove seeds from) · fr épépiner (to remove seeds from)