§ 361.1 Definitions.

Terms used in the singular form in this part shall be construed as the plural, and vice versa, as the case may demand. The following terms, when used in this part, shall be construed, respectively, to mean:

Administrator. The Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, or any other individual to whom the Administrator delegates authority to act in his or her stead.

Agricultural seed. The following kinds and varieties of grass, forage, and field crop seed that are used for seeding purposes in the United States:

Animal and Plant Health Inspection ServiceAPHIS (). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

APHIS inspector. Any employee of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service or any other individual authorized by the Administrator to enforce this part.

Coated Seed. Any seed unit covered with any substance that changes the size, shape, or weight of the original seed. Seeds coated with ingredients such as, but not limited to, rhizobia, dyes, and pesticides are excluded.

Declaration. A written statement of a grower, shipper, processor, dealer, or importer giving for any lot of seed the kind, variety, type, origin, or the use for which the seed is intended.

Hybrid. When applied to kinds or varieties of seed means the first generation seed of a cross produced by controlling the pollination and by combining two or more inbred lines; one inbred or a single cross with an open-pollinated variety; or two selected clones, seed lines, varieties, or species. “Controlling the pollination” means to use a method of hybridization that will produce pure seed that is at least 75 percent hybrid seed. Hybrid designations shall be treated as variety names.

Import/importation. To bring into the territorial limits of the United States.

Kind. One or more related species or subspecies that singly or collectively is known by one common name, e.g., soybean, flax, or carrot.

Lot of seed. A definite quantity of seed identified by a lot number, every portion or bag of which is uniform, within permitted tolerances, for the factors that appear in the labeling.

Mixture. Seeds consisting of more than one kind or variety, each present in excess of 5 percent of the whole.

Official seed laboratory. An official laboratory member of the Association of Official Seed Analysts.

Pelleted seed. Any seed unit covered with a substance that changes the size, shape, or weight of the original seed in order to improve the plantability or singulation of the seed.

Person. Any individual, partnership, corporation, company, society, association, receiver, trustee, or other legal entity or organized group.

Port of first arrival. The land area (such as a seaport, airport, or land border station) where a person, or a land, water, or air vehicle, first arrives after entering the territorial limits of the United States, and where inspection of articles is carried out by APHIS inspectors.

Registered seed technologist. A registered member of the Society of Commercial Seed Technologists.

Screenings. Chaff, sterile florets, immature seed, weed seed, inert matter, and any other materials removed in any way from any seeds in any kind of cleaning or processing and which contains less than 25 percent of live agricultural or vegetable seeds.

State. Any State, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

United States. All of the States.

Variety. A subdivision of a kind which is characterized by growth, plant, fruit, seed, or other characteristics by which it can be differentiated from other sorts of the same kind.

Vegetable seed. The seed of the following kinds and varieties that are or may be grown in gardens or on truck farms and are or may be generally known and sold under the name of vegetable seed:

AgrotriticumAgrotricum—x Ciferri and Giacom. Medicago sativaAlfalfa— L. Erodium cicutariumAlfilaria— (L.) L'Her. Alysicarpus vaginalisAlyceclover— (L.) DC. Paspalum notatumBahiagrass— Fluegge Hordeum vulgareBarley— L. Medicago truncatulaBarrelclover— Gaertn. Vigna angularisBean, adzuki— (Willd.) Ohwi and Ohashi Phaseolus vulgarisBean, field— L. Vigna radiataBean, mung— (L.) Wilczek Beta vulgarisvulgarisBeet, field— L. subsp. Beta vulgarisvulgarisBeet, sugar— L. subsp. Desmodium tortuosumBeggarweed, Florida— (Sw.) DC. Agrostis capillarisBentgrass, colonial— L. Agrostis stoloniferapalustrisBentgrass, creeping— L. var. (Huds.) Farw. Agrostis caninaBentgrass, velvet— L. Cynodon dactylondactylonBermudagrass— (L.) Pers. var. Cynodon dactylonaridusBermudagrass, giant— (L.) Pers. var. Harlan and de Wet Poa annuaBluegrass, annual— L. Poa bulbosaBluegrass, bulbous— L. Poa compressaBluegrass, Canada— L. Poa glaucaBluegrass, glaucantha— Vahl Poa pratensisBluegrass, Kentucky— L. Poa secundaBluegrass, Nevada— J.S. Presl Poa trivialisBluegrass, rough— L. Poa arachniferaBluegrass, Texas— Torr. Poa nemoralisBluegrass, wood— L. Calamagrostis canadensisBluejoint— (Michx.) P. Beauv. Andropogon gerardiiBluestem, big— Vitm. var. gerardii Schizachyrium scopariumBluestem, little— (Michx.) Nash Andropogon halliiBluestem, sand— Hack. Bothriochloa ischaemumBluestem, yellow— (L.) Keng Elymus elymoidesBottlebrush-squirreltail— (Raf.) Swezey Bromus arvensisBrome, field— L. Bromus biebersteiniiBrome, meadow— Roem. and Schult. Bromus marginatusBrome, mountain— Steud. Bromus inermisBrome, smooth— Leyss. Sorghum bicolorBroomcorn— (L.) Moench Fagopyrum esculentumBuckwheat— Moench Buchloe dactyloidesBuffalograss— (Nutt.) Engelm. Cenchrus ciliarisBuffelgrass— L. Medicago polymorphaBurclover, California— L. Medicago arabicaBurclover, spotted— (L.) Huds. Sanguisorba minorBurnet, little— Scop. Medicago orbicularisButtonclover— (L.) Bartal. Phalaris canariensisCanarygrass— L. Phalaris arundinaceaCanarygrass, reed— L. Axonopus fissifoliusCarpetgrass— (Raddi) Kuhlm. Ricinus communisCastorbean— L. Bromus hordeaceusChess, soft— L. Cicer arietinumChickpea— L. Trifolium hybridumClover, alsike— L. Trifolium vesiculosumClover, arrowleaf— Savi Trifolium alexandrinumClover, berseem— L. Trifolium glomeratumClover, cluster— L. Trifolium incarnatumClover, crimson— L. Trifolium semipilosumClover, Kenya— Fresen. Trifolium repensClover, ladino— L. Trifolium lappaceumClover, lappa— L. Trifolium campestreClover, large hop— Schreb. Trifolium resupinatumClover, Persian— L. Clover, red or Trifolium hirtumClover, rose— All. Trifolium dubiumClover, small hop or suckling— Sibth. Trifolium fragiferumClover, strawberry— L. Trifolium subterraneumClover, sub or subterranean— L. Trifolium repensClover, white— L. (also see Clover, ladino) Clover—(also see Alyceclover, Burclover, Buttonclover, Sourclover, Sweetclover) Zea maysCorn, field— L. Zea maysCorn, pop— L. GossypiumCotton— spp. Vigna unguiculataunguiculataCowpea— (L.) Walp. subsp. Crambe abyssinicaCrambe— R.E. Fries Cynosurus cristatusCrested dogtail— L. Crotalaria lanceolataCrotalaria, lance— E. Mey. Crotalaria spectabilisCrotalaria, showy— Roth Crotalaria brevidensintermediaCrotalaria, slenderleaf— Benth. var. (Kotschy) Polh. Crotalaria pallidaCrotalaria, striped or smooth— Ait. Crotalaria junceaCrotalaria, sunn— L. Coronilla variaCrownvetch— L. Paspalum dilatatumDallisgrass— Poir. Dichondra repensDichondra— Forst. and Forst. f. Sporobolus cryptandrusDropseed, sand— (Torr.) A. Gray Triticum dicocconEmmer— Schrank Festuca rubracommutataFescue, chewings— L. subsp. Gaud. Festuca tenuifoliaFescue, hair— Sibth. Festuca brevipilaFescue, hard— Tracey Festuca pratensisFescue, meadow— Huds. Festuca rubrarubraFescue, red— L. subsp. Festuca ovinaovinaFescue, sheep— L. var. Festuca arundinaceaFescue, tall— Schreb. Linum usitatissimumFlax— L. Hilaria jamesiiGalletagrass— (Torr.) Benth. Bouteloua gracilisGrama, blue— (Kunth) Steud. Bouteloua curtipendulaGrama, side-oats— (Michx.) Torr. Cyamopsis tetragonolobaGuar— (L.) Taub. Panicum maximummaximumGuineagrass— Jacq. var. Phalaris stenopteraHardinggrass— Hack. Cannabis sativaHemp— L. Sorghastrum nutansIndiangrass, yellow— (L.) Nash Indigofera hirsutaIndigo, hairy— L. Zoysia japonicaJapanese lawngrass— Steud. Sorghum halepenseJohnsongrass— (L.) Pers. Hibiscus cannabinusKenaf— L. Kochia prostrataKochia, forage— (L.) Schrad. Pueraria montanalobataKudzu— (Lour.) Merr. var. (Willd.) Maesen and S. Almeida Lens culinarisLentil— Medik. Kummerowia stipulaceaLespedeza, Korean— (Maxim.) Makino Lespedeza cuneataLespedeza, sericea or Chinese— (Dum.-Cours.) G. Don Lespedeza junceaLespedeza, Siberian— (L. f.) Pers. Kummerowia striataLespedeza, striate— (Thunb.) Schindler Eragrostis trichodesLovegrass, sand— (Nutt.) Wood Eragrostis curvulaLovegrass, weeping— (Schrad.) Nees Lupinus angustifoliusLupine, blue— L. Lupinus albusLupine, white— L. Lupinus luteusLupine, yellow— L. Zoysia matrellaManilagrass— (L.) Merr. Alopecurus pratensisMeadow foxtail— L. Medicago lupulinaMedic, black— L. Astragalus cicerMilkvetch or cicer milkvetch— L. Brachiaria ramosaMillet, browntop— (L.) Stapf Setaria italicaMillet, foxtail— (L.) Beauv. Echinochloa frumentaceaMillet, Japanese— Link Pennisetum glaucumMillet, pearl— (L.) R. Br. Panicum miliaceumMillet, proso— L. Melinis minutifloraMolassesgrass— Beauv. Brassica nigraMustard, black— (L.) Koch Brassica junceaMustard, India— (L.) Czernj. and Coss. Sinapis albaMustard, white— L. Pennisetum purpureumNapiergrass— Schumach. Stipa viridulaNeedlegrass, green— Trin. Avena byzantinaA. sativaA. nudaOat— C. Koch, L., L. Arrhenatherum elatiusOatgrass, tall— (L.) J.S. Presl and K.B. Presl Dactylis glomerataOrchardgrass— L. Panicum antidotalePanicgrass, blue— Retz. Panicum maximumtrichoglumePanicgrass, green— Jacq. var. Robyns Pisum sativumPea, field— L. Arachis hypogaeaPeanut— L. Poa trivialis—(see Bluegrass, rough) Brassica napusannuaRape, annual— L. var. Koch Brassica raparapaRape, bird— L. subsp. Brassica rapasilvestrisRape, turnip— L. subsp. (Lam.) Janchen Brassica napusbiennisRape, winter— L. var. (Schubl. and Mart.) Reichb. Agrostis giganteaRedtop— Roth Bromus catharticusRescuegrass— Vahl Chloris gayanaRhodesgrass— Kunth Oryza sativaRice— L. Oryzopsis hymenoidesRicegrass, Indian— (Roem. and Schult.) Ricker Lathyrus hirsutusRoughpea— L. Secale cerealeRye— L. Secale strictumstrictumRye, mountain— (K.B. Presl) K.B. Presl subsp. Lolium multiflorumRyegrass, annual or Italian— Lam. LoliumhybridumRyegrass, intermediate— × Hausskn. Lolium perenneRyegrass, perennial— L. Lolium rigidumRyegrass, Wimmera— Gaud. Carthamus tinctoriusSafflower— L. Artemisia ludovicianaSagewort, Louisiana— Nutt. Onobrychis viciifoliaSainfoin— Scop. Atriplex canescensSaltbush, fourwing— (Pursh) Nutt. Sesamum indicumSesame— L. Sesbania exaltataSesbania— (Raf.) A.W. Hill Piptatherum miliaceumSmilo— (L.) Coss. Sorghum bicolorSorghum— (L.) Moench SorghumalmumSorghum almum— × L. Parodi SorghumdrummondiiSorghum-sudangrass— × (Steud.) Millsp. and Chase RhizomatousSorgrass— derivatives of a johnsongrass × sorghum cross or a johnsongrass × sudangrass cross Southernpea—(See Cowpea) Melilotus indicusSourclover— (L.) All. Glycine maxSoybean— (L.) Merr. Triticum speltaSpelt— L. SorghumdrummondiiSudangrass— × (Steud.) Millsp. and Chase Helianthus annuusSunflower— L. Melilotus albusSweetclover, white— Medik. Melilotus officinalisSweetclover, yellow— Lam. Anthoxanthum odoratumSweet vernalgrass— L. Hedysarum borealeSweetvetch, northern— Nutt. Panicum virgatumSwitchgrass— L. Phleum pratenseTimothy— L. Phleum bertoloniiTimothy, turf— DC. Nicotiana tabacumTobacco— L. Lotus uliginosusTrefoil, big— Schk. Lotus corniculatusTrefoil, birdsfoot— L. TriticosecaleTriticale—x Wittm. (Secale × Triticum) Paspalum urvilleiVaseygrass— Steud. Ehrharta calycinaVeldtgrass— J.E. Smith Mucuna pruriensutilisVelvetbean— (L.) DC. var. (Wight) Burck Holcus lanatusVelvetgrass— L. Vicia sativasativaVetch, common— L. subsp. Vicia villosavillosaVetch, hairy— Roth subsp. Vicia pannonicaVetch, Hungarian— Crantz Vicia articulataVetch, monantha— Hornem. Vicia sativanigraVetch, narrowleaf or blackpod— L. subsp. (L.) Ehrh. Vicia benghalensisVetch, purple— L. Vicia villosavariaVetch, woollypod or winter— Roth subsp. (Host) Corb. Triticum aestivumWheat, common— L. Triticum compactumWheat, club— Host Triticum durumWheat, durum— Desf. Triticum polonicumWheat, Polish— L. Triticum turgidumWheat, poulard— L. TriticumAgrotriticumWheat × Agrotricum— × Pseudoroegneria spicataWheatgrass, beardless— (Pursh) A. Love Agropyron cristatumWheatgrass, crested or fairway crested— (L.) Gaertn. Agropyron desertorumWheatgrass, crested or standard crested— (Link) Schult. Elytrigia intermediaintermediaWheatgrass, intermediate— (Host) Nevski subsp. Elytrigia intermediaintermediaWheatgrass, pubescent— (Host) Nevski subsp. Agropyron fragilesibiricumWheatgrass, Siberian— (Roth) Candargy subsp. (Willd.) Meld. Elymus trachycaulusWheatgrass, slender— (Link) Shinn. Elymus lanceolatuslanceolatusWheatgrass, streambank— (Scribn. and J.G. Smith) Gould subsp. Elytrigia elongataWheatgrass, tall— (Host) Nevski Pascopyrum smithiiWheatgrass, western— (Rydb.) A. Love Leymus cinereusWildrye, basin— (Scribn. and Merr.) A. Love Elymus canadensisWildrye, Canada— L. Psathyrostachys junceaWildrye, Russian— (Fisch.) Nevski Zoysia japonica—(see Japanese lawngrass) Zoysia matrella—(see Manilagrass)Trifolium pratenseRed clover, mammoth— L. Trifolium pratenseRed clover, medium— L.

Cynara cardunculuscardunculusArtichoke— L. subsp. Asparagus officinalisAsparagus— Baker Vigna unguiculatasesquipedalisAsparagusbean or yard-long bean— (L.) Walp. subsp. (L.) Verdc. Phaseolus vulgarisBean, garden— L. Phaseolus lunatusBean, lima— L. Phaseolus coccineusBean, runner or scarlet runner— L. Beta vulgarisvulgarisBeet— L. subsp. Vicia fabaBroadbean— L. Brassica oleraceabotrytisBroccoli— L. var. L. Brassica oleraceagemmiferaBrussels sprouts— L. var. DC. Arctium lappaBurdock, great— L. Brassica oleraceacapitataCabbage— L. var. L. Brassica rapapekinensisCabbage, Chinese— L. subsp. (Lour.) Hanelt Brassica oleraceacostataCabbage, tronchuda— L. var. DC. Cantaloupe—(see Melon) Cynara cardunculuscardunculusCardoon— L. subsp. Daucus carotasativusCarrot— L. subsp. (Hoffm.) Arcang. Brassica oleraceabotrytisCauliflower— L. var. L. Apium graveolensrapaceumCeleriac— L. var. (Mill.) Gaud. Apium graveolensdulceCelery— L. var. (Mill.) Pers. Beta vulgarisciclaChard, Swiss— L. subsp. (L.) Koch Cichorium intybusChicory— L. Allium schoenoprasumChives— L. Citrullus lanatuscitroidesCitron— (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai var. (Bailey) Mansf. Brassica oleraceaacephalaCollards— L. var. DC. Zea maysCorn, sweet— L. Valerianella locustaCornsalad— (L.) Laterrade Vigna unguiculataunguiculataCowpea— (L.) Walp. subsp. Lepidium sativumCress, garden— L. Barbarea vernaCress, upland— (Mill.) Asch. Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticumCress, water— (L.) Hayek Cucumis sativusCucumber— L. Taraxacum officinaleDandelion— Wigg. Anethum graveolensDill— L. Solanum melongenaEggplant— L. Cichorium endiviaEndive— L. Cucumis anguriaGherkin, West India— L. Brassica oleraceaacephalaKale— L. var. DC. Brassica oleraceaalboglabraKale, Chinese— L. var. (Bailey) Musil Brassica napuspabulariaKale, Siberian— L. var. (DC.) Reichb. Brassica oleraceagongylodesKohlrabi— L. var. L. Allium porrumLeek— L. Lactuca sativaLettuce— L. Cucumis meloMelon— L. Muskmelon—(see Melon). Brassica junceaMustard, India— (L.) Czernj. and Coss. Brassica perviridisMustard, spinach— (Bailey) Bailey Abelmoschus esculentusOkra— (L.) Moench Allium cepaOnion— L. Allium fistulosumOnion, Welsh— L. Brassica rapachinensisPak-choi— L. subsp. (L.) Hanelt Petroselinum crispumParsley— (Mill.) A.W. Hill Pastinaca sativaParsnip— L. Pisum sativumPea— L. CapsicumPepper— spp. Pe-tsai—(see Chinese cabbage). Cucurbita pepomoschatamaximaPumpkin— L., C. (Duchesne) Poiret, and C. Duchesne Raphanus sativusRadish— L. Rheum rhabarbarumRhubarb— L. Brassica napusnapobrassicaRutabaga— L. var. (L.) Reichb. Salvia officinalisSage— L. Tragopogon porrifoliusSalsify— L. Satureja hortensisSavory, summer— L. Rumex acetosaSorrel— L. Southernpea—(see Cowpea). Glycine maxSoybean— (L.) Merr. Spinacia oleraceaSpinach— L. Tetragonia tetragonioidesSpinach, New Zealand— (Pall.) Ktze. Cucurbita pepomoschataC. maximaSquash— L., C. (Duchesne) Poiret, and Duchesne Lycopersicon esculentumTomato— Mill. Physalis pubescensTomato, husk— L. Brassica raparapaTurnip— L. subsp. Citrullus lanatuslanatusWatermelon— (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai var.