self sowed
/ˌsɛlfˈsoʊd/
adjective
- Of a plant: grown from seed that has fallen naturally from the parent plant, not planted by a person.
- The self-sowed sunflowers appeared along the fence without anyone planting them.
- We let the self-sowed tomatoes grow in the compost pile.
- Many self-sowed wildflowers bloomed in the meadow after the spring rains.
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