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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

self-sow

[self-soh]
–verb (used without object), -sowed, -sown or -sowed, -sow⋅ing. Botany.
to sow or propagate itself naturally from seeds that have been dropped.
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self-sow   (sělf'sō')
intr.v.   self-sows, self-sown, self-sow·ing
To reproduce or spread by natural dispersion of seed: a plant that self-sows readily.
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