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zo-su-be · W143

zosube · seed, plant-growth-product · ⏳

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Domain biology / botany / agriculture
Class entity / biological
Type compound
Register standard / biological / agricultural
First use Genesis 1:11–12 ("seed-bearing plants"; "trees that bear fruit with seed in it").

Composition

zo (living thing) + su (structure/organized form) + be (growth/ development) = plant-[structured-growth-unit]. Default right- branching: zo modifies [su-be]; su-be = structured-growth-form = the organized structure that generates growth. zo-[su-be] = the organism's structured-growth-unit = a plant's growth-producing structure = seed.

Definition

seed; plant-growth-product; the biological propagule of a plant; the structure produced by a plant that initiates new growth of its kind. Hebrew zera (seed). Narrower than zo-be (general organism- growth-product, which covers eggs and all reproductive structures); zo-su-be is specifically the plant-class reproductive structure.

Notes

zo-su-be is plant-specific. The more general organic growth-product is zo-be (organism-growth = any product of organismal growth, including eggs). zo-su-be narrows this to the plant class: the specific growth-initiating structure that carries the plant's reproductive capacity. In Genesis 1, the pair du-zo-su (W142: fruit) + zo-su-be (seed) fills the "fruit with seed in it" formula: du-zo-su containing zo-su-be = the reproductive completeness of a fruit-bearing plant.

zo (primitive: living thing), su (primitive: structure), be (primitive: growth), zo-be (general organism-growth-product), du-zo-su (W142: fruit)

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