To remove seeds from a fruit or vegetable, usually before cooking or eating.
From de- (remove) + seed (the reproductive part of a plant). This is a straightforward descriptive verb that became common in cooking terminology in the 20th century as recipes became more detailed about food preparation steps.
You already know this one from cooking—'deseed the tomatoes' or 'deseed the cucumber'—but it's a perfect example of how English lets us create new verbs just by adding 'de-' to nouns, turning almost any object into an action!
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