pedigree seed
1seed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. germ, ovule, semen, milt; cause, origin; offspring, children, descendants; grain, corn. See beginning, organic matter, posterity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A botanical ovule]. Seeds and fruits commonly… …
2pedigree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. genealogy, lineage, ancestry, descent, family; back ground. See nobility. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lineage, clan, ancestry, genealogy; see family 1 , heredity . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. family …
3ancestry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Series of ancestors Nouns 1. (family history) ancestry, paternity, maternity, origins, background, parentage, breeding; house, stem, trunk, branch, tree, roots, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, blood,… …
4genealogy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pedigree, descent, ancestry, lineage, stock, posterity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. derivation, pedigree, parentage, generation, descent, history, family tree, lineage, extraction, begats*; see also… …
5origin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. beginning, cause, commencement; descent, source, fountainhead, derivation, rise, ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of beginning] Syn. rise, start, starting, genesis, alpha, commencement, outset …
6family — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. household; forefathers, children, descendants, lineage, family tree; clan, tribe, kindred; group, association, classification, class. See ancestry. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. kindred, familial,… …
7line — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. interline, face; delineate. n. mark; cord, string; crease, wrinkle; verse, note; route, system; vocation, calling; lineage; row, file. See indication, filament, poetry, business, ancestry,… …
8blood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. serum, essence; sap; gore; kindred; lineage, heritage. See relation, fluidity, ancestry, class. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fluid in the mammalian circulatory system] Syn. lifeblood, heart s blood, vital… …
9descent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Motion downward Nouns 1. descent, descension (rare), declension, declination, inclination, fall; falling, drop, subsidence, lapse; comedown. 2. downfall, tumble, slip, cropper, stumble, nosedive, crash… …
10lineage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ancestry, family, pedigree, posterity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. forefathers, ancestors, genealogy, progenitors; see family 1 , heredity . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. descent, ancestry, stock,… …
