self-sown

1. 1.

   growing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds

   Synonymsself-seededself-sowed

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Questions about self-sown

What does self-sown mean?

self-sown means "growing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds".

How many syllables are in self-sown?

self-sown has 2 syllables: self--sown. The stress falls on "self-".

What is another word for self-sown?

Close synonyms include self-seeded, self-sowed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-sown a common word?

self-sown is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.