verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To remove seed or seeds from. transitive

   "A small part of the straw is deseeded as it is delivered; the rest is deseeded by January."

Example

More examples

"Ziri wanted to deseed the blackberries."

Etymology

From de- + seed.

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