The phrase "ancient seeds" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to seeds that are from a long time ago or have historical significance, often in the context of agriculture or botany.
Example: "The researchers discovered ancient seeds in the archaeological site, which could provide insights into early agricultural practices."
Alternatives: "historic seeds" or "old seeds".
These ancient seeds are high in fibre and omega-3s, making this one of the simplest and most energising breakfasts I know and – with the addition of the roasted strawberries – the most delicious.
Previous attempts to grow plants from ancient seeds failed after a few days.... Preliminary genetic studies suggest it may share about half of its genetic code with modern dates, Dr. Sallon said.
There have been many claims of "ancient" seeds germinating but usually without well-accepted verification of the seeds' ages.
Because measuring many fragile ancient seeds was not convenient, we tried to monitor the seed area in scanned images, then estimated the area index by using ImageJ.
A digital ruler was used to carefully measure the width, length and thickness so as to not crush the fragile ancient seeds.
The researchers next carbon-dated ancient seeds that the rats had gnawed and that came from one of the excavation sites.
Percy McGloster, 52, worked in the ancient seed-crushing building.
The extant cycads (division Cycadophyta) are a group of ancient seed plants that are survivors of a complex that has existed since the Mesozoic Era (251 million to 65.5 million years ago).
It was Dr. Zazula who showed that the apparently ancient lupine seeds found by the Yukon gold miner were in fact modern.
We then measured the angle, depth percentage and width percentage of the embryo notch for both modern and ancient millet seeds (Table 1).
In 1963, a team of archaeologists, excavating King Herod's fortress in Masada, near the Dead Sea, discovered ancient date seeds beneath the rubble.
