"seed crystal" meaning in All languages combined

See seed crystal on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: seed crystals [plural]
Etymology: By analogy with the seeds of plants. Head templates: {{en-noun}} seed crystal (plural seed crystals)
  1. A small crystal from which a larger crystal of the same substance is grown Wikipedia link: seed crystal Translations (crystal from which a larger crystal is grown): затравка (zatravka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Impfkristall [masculine] (German)

Inflected forms

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