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supersemination

supersemination noun: the sowing of seed over seed previously sown.

Noun

supersemination (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The sowing of seed over seed previously sown.
    • No good Christian can diſlike the Husbandſman's sowing of wheat, but every good Christian doth diſlike the envious man's ſuperſemination1654, John Bramhall, A Just Vindication of the Church of England from the Unjust Aspersion of Criminal Schism

Origin of supersemination

From super- + semination.

Questions about supersemination

What does supersemination mean?
Supersemination means the sowing of seed over seed previously sown.
What part of speech is supersemination?
Supersemination is a noun.

Words near supersemination in the dictionary

  1. supersellers
  2. superselling
  3. supersells
  4. superselves
  5. superseminate
  6. supersemination
  7. supersenior
  8. superseniors
  9. supersense
  10. supersenses
  11. supersensibilities

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