The Adventures of China Iron

What metaphor does China Iron use to describe the Colonel's vomit in In "Colors Become Detached from Their Objects," and what is its significance?

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China Iron depicts the Colonel's vomit as a "strange kind of seed" (92). This relates to the "vomit" of hateful ideas that he has been emitting and suggests that his words have the potential to take root, like seed.