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reseed

noun

  1. an area which has been reseeded
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verb

  1. to sow seed on again or anew
  2. to maintain (itself) by self-sown seed
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English see English -d English seed English reseed From re- + seed.

  1. To sow seeds again; to apply seed to (a plot of land) again.

    When the birds ate the seeds he had planted, the farmer was forced to reseed the field.

  2. Of a non-perennial plant, to produce seeds to ensure the following generation without human intervention; to self-sow.

    The marigolds had reseeded themselves in the flower box, so he didn't have to buy new ones this year.

  3. To reset the input of an algorithm so as to ensure different results.

    The game reseeded its random number algorithm with a time-based value each time the game was restarted.