A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

SEEDS

Sat, 22 Mar '25
Collection in an herbarium, say
Mon, 3 Mar '25
A strawberry has about 200 of these
Sun, 16 Feb '25
Germs
Sun, 20 Oct '24
Detritus at the bottom of a bag of bagels
Sun, 2 Oct '22
A pomegranate can contain a few hundred of these
Sun, 3 Apr '22
Parts of some brackets