to reseed
- verb
- /ˌriːˈsiːd/
- Pilea microphylla, sold around here as artillery fern, reseeded in all sorts of pots with varying H2O requirements.
- reseeds readily
Examples
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If one harvests the urchins at one rocky site, will the population be reseeded by larvae drifting in from neighboring sites?
Academic text (2009) -
To ensure success when reseeding deteriorated rangelands, compatible symbiotic associations among fungi and seedlings must also be reestablished.
Academic text (1995) -
As I stand back with a BOB bag in every place necessary and seeds that will actually plant and be able to be reseeded...
Blog text (8) -
Well, they've already reseeded themselves and are looking leggy!
Blog text (27) -
This flower is known to reseeds easily, which allows it to spread throughout the garden each year.
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In spring, the garden tends to reseeds itself, bringing forth new plants without any additional effort.
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The variety of clover in the field has a tendency to reseeds, ensuring a lush green cover every season.
Synonyms
To make new parts after being cut or damaged, as plants and animals do
To put seeds in the ground to grow plants
To make bare land grow plants again
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Etymology
Reseed comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and seed meaning 'seed', so when plants reseed themselves they drop or spread seeds that grow into new plants without help.