supersede - Dictionary definition and meaning for word supersede
when a SUPER new thing arrives, we REPLACE /SET ASIDE the old thing because it is OBSOLETE..
super (Latin) = over sedere (Latin) = sit (as in sedentary, sediment etc.,) So, something that sits over another makes the latter obsolete.
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A seed is eventually "replaced" with a SUPER-seed, because that's better