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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-SOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-SOWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Sown is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SELF-SOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of self-sown in the English dictionary

The definition of self-sown in the dictionary is growing from seed dispersed by any means other than by the agency of man or animals Also: self-seeded.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-SOWN

self-sacrificing
self-sacrificingly
self-satisfaction
self-satisfied
self-sealing
self-seeded
self-seeker
self-seeking
self-service
self-serving
self-standing
self-starter
self-steering
self-study
self-styled
self-sufficiency
self-sufficient
self-sufficiently
self-sufficing
self-suggestion

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-SOWN

breakdown
Bridgetown
brown
crown
disown
down
downtown
grown
known
on one´s own
out-of-town
own
Provincetown
shown
sown
takedown
town
unknown
unsown
well-known

Synonyms and antonyms of self-sown in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «self-sown» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-SOWN

Find out the translation of self-sown to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-sown from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-sown» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自播种
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

auto- sembrado
570 millions of speakers

English

self-sown
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म बोया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

- زرعت النفس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

самосевом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto - semeado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ব-বপন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto- semé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyemai sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbst gesät
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己播種
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 뿌려
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyebar dhewe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự gieo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய விழுகின்றன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वयं-लागवड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendinden ekilen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto- seminato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

self- zasiane
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

самосівом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- semănat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτοφυή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self gesaai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självsådda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selv sådd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-sown

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-SOWN»

The term «self-sown» is normally little used and occupies the 146.874 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-SOWN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-sown

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-SOWN»

Discover the use of self-sown in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-sown and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bamboos at TBGRI
(141), 771: N 08°45.348' E O77°01.511'i24ft; 772: N 08°45.340' E 077°01.503': 21ft; 773: N 08°45.351' E 077°01.510'i19ft; 1997; Seedlings; self sown, of clumps 27 and 28 (see notes under 27-28). 828: Near the proposed water conservatory,  ...
K.c.koshy, 2010
2
New Flora of the British Isles
Ssp. nigra - Austrian Pine. Crown wide with long side branches; leaves dark green, 8-12cm, rather stiff; (2n=24). Commonly planted in shelter-belts and for ornament, often self-sown; C & SE Europe. b. Ssp. laricio Maire (P. nigra var. corsicana ...
Clive Stace, 2010
3
Field Flora of the British Isles
Intrd-natd; rarely self-sown in parks and by roads; SE En Indian Horse-chestnut - A. indica (Cambess.) Hook. 1 Petals 4-5, always some flowers with 5; stamens exceeding petals by <1cm; leaflets sessile or with stalks <1cm; fruits globose 2 2  ...
Clive A. Stace, 1999
4
Voices from the Forest: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge ...
On Munuwata Island, villagers protect self-sown seedlings as they believe that S. novo-guineensis improves soil fertility. On Iwa Island, the population density is about 450 persons/km2, and there is intense pressure on agricultural land. Here  ...
Malcolm Professor Cairns, 2010
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The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists' Magazine
not be crowded together ; three in a group are quite sufficient, and they should be six inches apart. The same may be said of the stock varieties. I have ever found the hardy annuals grow finest by allowing them to become self-sown.
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6
In Defence of Hawaiian Shirts
Self-Sown. A tomato bush had slumped, flattened by its own fruit, so I lifted it for my father to tie to a stake and told him I'd never seen so many, not on one bush, and waited while this vegetable grower of Homeric tendency, this silent partner in  ...
B. N. Oakman, 2010
7
On the Political Economy of Plant Disease Epidemics: Capita ...
As telia on straw, also as uredinia on self-sown plants. As telia on straw, in warmer climates as uredinial mycelium in fall-sown crops or volunteer plants, and possibly on some grasses. Brown rust Leaf rust Puccinia recondita (Roberge ex ...
Jan C. Zadoks, 2008
8
Every Lady Her Own Flower Gardener
I have ever found the hardy annuals grow finest by allowing them to become self- sown. They flower some weeks earlier, and invariably produce larger and brighter flowers. When gathering my flower seeds in August and September, I allow ...
Louisa Johnson, 2008
9
Plant Pathology
It was shown by him (1940) that barbery plays no role in annual recurrence of wheat rusts, rusts occur as many physiological races and that rust oversummers as urediniospores on stray and self-sown wheat and other grasses. The wheat crop ...
Dr. P.D. Sharma, 2014
10
100 Garden Tips and Timesavers
R1 Nurture a □ti Self-Sown Garden Among gardening's most delightful surprises are incidental flowers — volunteer plants that come up from seeds of a flower that you forgot to deadhead the previous year or from seed blown in by the wind or ...
Walter Chandoha, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-SOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-sown is used in the context of the following news items.
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Proctor: Finish spring tasks
We're moving self-sown sunflowers to a bare spot where they can have room to grow. They'll eventually get five feet tall or more. Disturb the roots as little as ... «9NEWS.com, May 15»
2
The Great Dixter Gardens: An English plantsman's legacy
It was a self-sown seedling that Great Dixter staff hopes to propagate vegetatively. Columbines are notorious for intermingling varieties and creating new ones. «Amherst Bulletin, Apr 15»
3
Gardening: Asparagus
If self-sown seed does germinate, it'll be too close to the parent plant and will compete for nutrients. And if you're growing an F1 cultivar, for example Backlim F1, ... «Herald Scotland, Jan 15»
4
Best self-seeding plants: sow once, enjoy forever
If a self-sown borage is swamping its neighbours, out it comes. As you get to know your self-seeders, you'll develop a feel for which plants can be left to do their ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
5
Anna Pavord: Fig trees are robust, flexible and, of course, the fruit is …
There > are superb self-sown specimens sprouting out of the Chelsea Embankment. It's said that the first fig tree that anyone had seen in England grew at ... «The Independent, Jun 14»
6
Chickpea disease spreading
"Last week we had reports and identified self-sown chickpea plants to have ascochyta blight spores on them," she said. "These have popped up since summer ... «ABC Online, May 14»
7
It's a willow, but what kind is hard to say
A blaze of golden yellow halfway down the garden proclaims an invader to our small estate, where a self-sown goat willow, Salix caprea , offers glorious catkins ... «Irish Times, Apr 14»
8
A hellebore for (almost) any situation
... the more moisture-retentive their soil needs to be. They have a tendency to deliver self-sown seedlings in a wildly unpredictable range of colours and forms. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
9
Making hay while the sun hides
Heavy rainfall across the state's south coast has meant self-sown cereals are now taller than last year's crop. Salmon Gums producer Ian Guest says he's ... «ABC Online, May 13»
10
Relocated peony blazes into life
Among the peonies was a small, self-sown specimen of Paeonia delavayi that had appeared at the back of the border under the shade of Magnolia doltsopa. «Otago Daily Times, Nov 12»

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