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Seed (disambiguation)

Wikimedia disambiguation page

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ257204 ↗
Source-derived summary

A seed is an encased plant embryo.

Seed(s) or The Seed(s) may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

Seed (1931 film), a film notable for an early appearance by Bette Davis

Seed, a 1997 short film starring Rose McGowan

The Seed (2006 film), short film by Joe Hahn

Seed (2007 film), a Canadian horror film by Uwe Boll

The Seed (2021 film), a British body horror film by Sam Walker

Seed Productions, Hugh Jackman's film production company

Seeds (2024 film)

Seeds (2025 film)

Gaming

Seed (2006 video game), a defunct MMORPG developed by Runestone Game Development

Seed (upcoming video game), an upcoming MMO simulation game developed by Klang Games

Map seed, a number or text string used to initialize a procedural map generator in a video game

SeeDs, a fictional organization of elite mercenaries from the video game Final Fantasy VIII

Music

Groups and labels

Seed Records, a record label

The Seeds, a 1960s rock 'n' roll band

The Bad Seeds (American band), American garage rock band active 1964–66

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Australian rock band formed in 1983

Albums

Seed (Nick Harper album), 1995

Seeds (Brother Cane album), 1995

Seed (Afro Celt Sound System album), 2003

Seed (Mami Kawada album), 2006

Seeds (Hey Rosetta! album), 2011

Seeds (Georgia Anne Muldrow album), 2012

Seeds (TV on the Radio album), 2014

Songs

"The Seed (2.0)", by The Roots and Cody Chesnutt

"The Seed" (Aurora song)

"Seed", by The Academy Is...

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Seed (disambiguation)” is wikimedia disambiguation page. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Seed, disambiguation and Wikimedia, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1931, 1997, 2006, 2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Seed, disambiguation and Wikimedia is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “wikimedia disambiguation page” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 13, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q257204. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1931, 1997, 2006 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Seed (disambiguation)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.