"plant a seed" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-plant a seed.ogg [Australia] Forms: plants a seed [present, singular, third-person], planting a seed [participle, present], planted a seed [participle, past], planted a seed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} plant a seed (third-person singular simple present plants a seed, present participle planting a seed, simple past and past participle planted a seed)
  1. (idiomatic) To do something that will produce results or change in the future. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-plant_a_seed-en-verb-QaRkcv6B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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