self-sown

[self-sohn]

self-sown

[self-sohn]
adjective
1.
sown by itself, or without human or animal agency, as of a plant grown from seeds dropped from another plant.
2.
sown by any agency other than humans, as of a plant grown from seeds scattered by birds or the wind.

Origin:
1600–10

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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self-sow

[self-soh]
verb (used without object), self-sowed, self-sown or self-sowed, self-sow·ing. Botany.
to sow or propagate itself naturally from seeds that have been dropped.
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self-sown
 
adj
Also: self-seeded (of plants) growing from seed dispersed by any means other than by the agency of man or animals

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