Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Components (hierarchy name)
4. components (objects parts)
5. [components by specific context]
6. biological components
7. plant components

Narrower term/s

• bean [NP]
• grain (seed) [NP]
• corn (seed) [NP]
• chick-pea (seed) [NP]
• Job's tears (seeds) [NP]
• peanuts
• pits (fruit component) [NP][+]
  • cherry pits

Anotations

Scope note:

The characteristic reproductive bodies of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it. A seed consists of a miniature undeveloped plant (the embryo), which, alone or in the company of stored food for its early development after germination, is surrounded by a protective coat (the testa). Seeds are frequently small in size and suited to perform a wide variety of functions, such as multiplication, perennation (surviving seasons of stress such as winter), dormancy (a state of arrested development), and dispersal.