"plant a seed" meaning in English

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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "planting a seed",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "planted a seed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "planted a seed",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "My only regrets are that T2 failed to get to grips with the new era of #indyref and Scottish national identity – for which Renton’s famous “shite” speech helped plant a tiny seed in 1996 – and that the second film didn’t give the women characters much to do, especially the excellent Kelly Macdonald and Shirley Henderson.",
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        "To do something that will produce results or change in the future."
      ],
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          "change"
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          "future"
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        "(idiomatic) To do something that will produce results or change in the future."
      ],
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "planting a seed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "planted a seed",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "planted a seed",
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        "past"
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          "text": "My only regrets are that T2 failed to get to grips with the new era of #indyref and Scottish national identity – for which Renton’s famous “shite” speech helped plant a tiny seed in 1996 – and that the second film didn’t give the women characters much to do, especially the excellent Kelly Macdonald and Shirley Henderson.",
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        "To do something that will produce results or change in the future."
      ],
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          "results"
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          "change",
          "change"
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        "(idiomatic) To do something that will produce results or change in the future."
      ],
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