self-sown

[ self-sohn ]

/ ˈsɛlfˈsoʊn /

adjective

sown by itself, or without human or animal agency, as of a plant grown from seeds dropped from another plant.

sown by any agency other than humans, as of a plant grown from seeds scattered by birds or the wind.

Origin of self-sown

First recorded in 1600–10

Words nearby self-sown

self-similarity, self-slaughter, self-slayer, self-soothe, self-sow, self-sown, self-starter, self-sterile, self-stick, self-storage, self-study

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Example sentences from the Web for self-sown

She kept looking along the road which showed itself between the self-sown birches that clothed the valley.
Mrs. Dorriman, Volume 1 of 3|Julie Bosville Chetwynd
The self-sown plants are said to be stronger than the hand-sown ones, and may be transplanted for the next year's blooming.
A Garden with House Attached|Sarah Warner Brooks
Round each colossus a crowd of wild and self-sown saplings had grown up, thicket-like with the entanglement of their young shoots.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression|Emile Zola
In very many instances, seed, of course, self-sown has become rooted and grown vigorously on unplowed land.
Clovers and How to Grow Them|Thomas Shaw

The tree must be self-sown, that is, really wild and so young that it has never flowered.
Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I.|Sir James George Frazer

British Dictionary definitions for self-sown

self-sown

adjective

(of plants) growing from seed dispersed by any means other than by the agency of man or animalsAlso: self-seeded

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单词	self-sown
释义	self-sown [ self-sohn ] / ˈsɛlfˈsoʊn / adjective sown by itself, or without human or animal agency, as of a plant grown from seeds dropped from another plant. sown by any agency other than humans, as of a plant grown from seeds scattered by birds or the wind. Origin of self-sown First recorded in 1600–10 Words nearby self-sown self-similarity, self-slaughter, self-slayer, self-soothe, self-sow, self-sown, self-starter, self-sterile, self-stick, self-storage, self-study Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-sown She kept looking along the road which showed itself between the self-sown birches that clothed the valley. Mrs. Dorriman, Volume 1 of 3\|Julie Bosville Chetwynd The self-sown plants are said to be stronger than the hand-sown ones, and may be transplanted for the next year's blooming. A Garden with House Attached\|Sarah Warner Brooks Round each colossus a crowd of wild and self-sown saplings had grown up, thicket-like with the entanglement of their young shoots. Abbe Mouret's Transgression\|Emile Zola In very many instances, seed, of course, self-sown has become rooted and grown vigorously on unplowed land. Clovers and How to Grow Them\|Thomas Shaw The tree must be self-sown, that is, really wild and so young that it has never flowered. Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I.\|Sir James George Frazer British Dictionary definitions for self-sown self-sown adjective (of plants) growing from seed dispersed by any means other than by the agency of man or animalsAlso: self-seeded Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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