- self-sow
- intransitive verb (self-sowed; self-sown or -sowed; -sowing) Date: 1608 to sow itself by dropping seeds or by natural action (as of wind or water)
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self-sow — (sĕlfʹsōʹ) intr.v. self ·sows, self ·sown, self ·sow·ing To reproduce or spread by natural dispersion of seed: a plant that self sows readily. * * * … Universalium
self-sow — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ intransitive verb : to sow itself by dropping seeds : produce a new generation without human intervention grasses that self sow and build a firm turf * * * self sowˈ intransitive verb (of esp cultivated plants) to disperse and sow… … Useful english dictionary
self-sow — verb (of a plant) propagate itself by seed … English new terms dictionary
self-seed — (sĕlfʹsēdʹ) intr.v. self ·seed·ed, self ·seed·ing, self ·seeds To self sow. * * * … Universalium
self-seed — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ intransitive verb : self sow * * * v. [intrans.] (of a plant) propagate itself by seed [as adj.] self seeding the early blooming, self seeding primula Derivatives: self seeder n … Useful english dictionary
sow one's wild oats — verb live promiscuously and self indulgently • Syn: ↑sow one s oats • Hypernyms: ↑gratify, ↑pander, ↑indulge • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * sow one s w … Useful english dictionary
sow one's oats — verb live promiscuously and self indulgently (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑sow one s wild oats • Hypernyms: ↑gratify, ↑pander, ↑indulge • Verb Frames: Somebody s … Useful english dictionary
sow one's wild oats — live recklessly and self indulgently … English contemporary dictionary
To sow one's wild oats — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reseed — verb a) To sow seeds again; to resow or replant. When the birds ate the seeds he had planted, the farmer was forced to reseed the field. b) Of a non perennial plant, to produce seeds to ensure the … Wiktionary
