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self-sown

ADJECTIVE
  1. growing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds

How To Use self-sown In A Sentence

  • A short distance away from the reds, a self-sown seedling that's blooming in white instead of red also looks nice between 'Hameln' and a baby sea kale: A Study in Contrasts
  • I discovered we have the dreaded Fallopia japonica aka Japanese knotweed, aargh, so that was A Bad Thing; but also found a small and runty Kerria japonica aka batchelors’ buttons or Abraham’s buttonhole, a funny straggly flowering shrub that I happen to be very fond of and intend to nurture, and some self-sown calendulas, which were A Good Thing. Reflective on Tuesday
  • After all he has done, doesn't he realise to cut down a self-sown holly is to court bad luck for the rest of his life? SANDS OF TIME
  • Tall weeds covered the expanse, with the occasional stunted, self-sown tree rising above them. SABRIEL
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