reseed
noun
- an area which has been reseeded
verb
- to sow seed on again or anew
- to maintain (itself) by self-sown seed
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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”