Another word for sow
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Verb
To put (seeds) into the ground for growth
- A mature plant ovule containing an embryo.
- A small dry fruit, spore, or other propagative plant part.
- Seeds considered as a group:
- Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically containing chloroplasts, having cell walls made of cellulose, producing embryos, and lacking the power of locomotion. Plants include trees, bushes, herbs, ferns, mosses, and certain green algae.
- A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.
- Any of various fungi, algae, or protists that resemble plants and were formerly classified in the plant kingdom. Not in scientific use.
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Another word for sow
Verb
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- To spread here and there; scatter or distribute:
- To distribute something over (an area or surface):
- To be or become dispersed over (a surface):
- To communicate or transmit (a signal, a message, or content, such as audio or video programming) to numerous recipients simultaneously over a communication network:
- To make known over a wide area:
- To sow (seed) over a wide area, especially by hand.
- Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically containing chloroplasts, having cell walls made of cellulose, producing embryos, and lacking the power of locomotion. Plants include trees, bushes, herbs, ferns, mosses, and certain green algae.
- A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.
- Any of various fungi, algae, or protists that resemble plants and were formerly classified in the plant kingdom. Not in scientific use.
- To cause to separate and go in different directions:
- To distribute loosely; strew:
- To be strewn over or across:
- To cause (an organism) to multiply or breed.
- To breed (offspring).
- To transmit (characteristics) from one generation to another.
- To scatter widely, as in sowing seed.
- To spread abroad; promulgate:
- To become diffused; spread.
- A mature plant ovule containing an embryo.
- A small dry fruit, spore, or other propagative plant part.
- Seeds considered as a group:
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