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to reseed

to reseed

1 4.7
To make seeds that spread and grow new plants without human help
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈsiːd/
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  • Pilea microphylla, sold around here as artillery fern, reseeded in all sorts of pots with varying H2O requirements.
  • reseeds readily

Examples

  • 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.

  • In spring, the garden tends to reseeds itself, bringing forth new plants without any additional effort.

  • The variety of clover in the field has a tendency to reseeds, ensuring a lush green cover every season.

Synonyms

to regrow
vsto reseed
7 3.7

To make new parts after being cut or damaged, as plants and animals do

is reproduction by new offspring units rather than the same plant growing back
to seed
vsto reseed
4 1.3

To put seeds in the ground to grow plants

is natural reproduction by producing and dispersing units without human action
to revegetate
vsto reseed
  • Specialized
1 6.8

To make bare land grow plants again

focuses on plant reproduction by producing and dispersing offspring units rather than land-level restoration

Antonyms

1.0

Damage something so badly that it cannot be used or fixed

Surface Forms

reseed infinitive
reseeded past
reseeded past participle
reseeding present participle
reseeder third person singular

Morphology

reseed = seed (transparent) = re + seed

Given the botanical verb 'seed', the meaning 'seed again' directly yields the idea of plants reproducing again by seed.

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.