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self-sown

self-sown adjective: not planted by humans, but just growing, from seeds spread by another plant, or by animals.

Adjective

self-sown (not comparable)

  1. Not planted by humans, but just growing, from seeds spread by another plant, or by animals.

Origin of self-sown

From self- + sown.

Questions about self-sown

What does self-sown mean?
Self-sown means not planted by humans, but just growing, from seeds spread by another plant, or by animals.
What part of speech is self-sown?
Self-sown is an adjective.

Words near self-sown in the dictionary

  1. self-soar
  2. self-soared
  3. self-soaring
  4. self-soars
  5. self-sow
  6. self-sown
  7. self-splicing
  8. self-spot
  9. self-spots
  10. self-spotted
  11. self-spotting

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