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winter-proud

winter-proud adjective: having too strong or luxuriant a growth for winter.

Adjective

winter-proud (comparative more winter-proud, superlative most winter-proud)

  1. (archaic) Having too strong or luxuriant a growth for winter.
    • by some it [the wheat in the Weald]is considered to be too strong and forward, and therefore in danger of becoming winter proud1847, The Farmer's Magazine
    • If winter wheat were all drilled by the 10th of September, the entire fall would be at the farmer's disposal for clearing the land and sowing spring crops early. The crop could not become winter-proud, or be laid by the summer rains. The harvest would be from two to three weeks earlier.1883 July, James Cheesman, “Selection in Grain-Growing”, in Popular Science Monthly

Forms of winter-proud

comparativemore winter-proud
superlativemost winter-proud

Questions about winter-proud

What does winter-proud mean?
Winter-proud means having too strong or luxuriant a growth for winter.
What part of speech is winter-proud?
Winter-proud is an adjective.

Words near winter-proud in the dictionary

  1. winter-killing
  2. winter-kills
  3. winter-over syndrome
  4. winter-over syndromes
  5. winter-proof
  6. winter-proud
  7. winter-time
  8. winter-times
  9. winteraceous
  10. winterage
  11. winterball

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