1) from which a plant germinates
    1a) the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself
        the germ of the future plants
        1a1) of the grains or kernels sown
    1b) metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as
        the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the
        harvest for the sowing)
 2) the semen virile
    2a) the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny
    2b) family, tribe, posterity
    2c) whatever possesses vital force or life giving power
        2c1) of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the
             soul by which we are regenerated