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seed-drill

seed-drill is the alternative form of seed drill.

Meaning of seed drill

Noun

seed drill (plural seed drills)

  1. A type of sowing machine.
    • Most Chinese seed-drills sow not only seed but also manure. The idea was almost as old as the seed-drill itself in Europe, and it was common in India too.1984, Joseph Needham, Francesca Bray, Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 6, Part 2, page 270

Forms of seed-drill

pluralseed-drills

Questions about seed-drill

What is seed-drill the alternative form of?
Seed-drill is the alternative form of seed drill.

Words near seed-drill in the dictionary

  1. seed-borne
  2. seed-bud
  3. seed-buds
  4. seed-cake
  5. seed-cakes
  6. seed-drill
  7. seed-drills
  8. seed-faith
  9. seed-lobe
  10. seed-lobes
  11. seed-nut

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