Reseed (Verb)
Meaning 1
Maintain by seeding without human intervention; "Some plants reseed themselves indefinitely".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- Many prairie plants reseed themselves naturally to maintain a healthy ecosystem.
- Wildflowers have a tendency to reseed themselves in areas that they've previously grown.
- Some annuals reseed themselves freely, taking over large sections of soil.
- These species of plants can reseed themselves for generations, adapting to changing environments.
- Cultivating a meadow often relies on allowing its flowers to reseed themselves season after season.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Seed again or anew.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- After the natural disaster, the ecosystem needed human intervention to reseed the barren land and restore the native vegetation.
- It's essential to reseed the lawn after winter to ensure the grass remains healthy and covers the entire area.
- The wildfires destroyed a significant portion of the national park, and conservationists had to reseed the area to facilitate the regrowth of flora.
- Farmers regularly reseed their fields to maintain crop yields and minimize soil degradation.
- To promote local biodiversity, volunteers worked together to reseed the area around the community garden with a mix of native flowers and herbs.