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Actually, Mary called her granddaughter buzik, which means a burr—a tiny seedlike thing that clings to you.

Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

Actually, Mary called her granddaughter buzik, which means a burr—a tiny seedlike thing that clings to you.

Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

The second, a methane-blue sphere with a fluid, coruscated surface, from which smaller, seedlike purplish spheres were escaping like solar flares, identified itself as bubonic plague.

CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004

The second, a methane-blue sphere with a fluid, coruscated surface, from which smaller, seedlike purplish spheres were escaping like solar flares, identified itself as bubonic plague.

CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004

Each fertile blossom is followed by four little seedlike fruits in the bottom of the calyx, which remains attached to the plant.

Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses M. G. Kains

The fruits are composed of two seedlike dry carpels, each containing a single seed, and usually separating when ripe.

Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses M. G. Kains

But a number of survivalist species of bacteria are able to form inactive seedlike spores.

NYT > Home Page By HAROLD McGEE 2011

But a number of survivalist species of bacteria are able to form inactive seedlike spores.

NYT > Home Page By HAROLD McGEE 2011

But "stoneware" lacks the cultural resonance of "porcelain," which refers to a form the Chinese invented, and using glaze would have made the seeds less seedlike and probably very slippery, creating a different problem for the public.

NYT > Home Page By ROBERTA SMITH 2010

But "stoneware" lacks the cultural resonance of "porcelain," which refers to a form the Chinese invented, and using glaze would have made the seeds less seedlike and probably very slippery, creating a different problem for the public.

NYT > Global Home By ROBERTA SMITH 2010