Meanings
adjectiveself-sown (not comparable)
- not comparableNot planted by humans, but just growing, from seeds spread by another plant, or by animals.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivegrowing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishsown
- Englishself-sown
Translations
Greek αυτοφυής
- αυτοφυής (aftofyís)Translations
Māori tūwā
- tūwāTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
self-sown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-sown
MLA
“self-sown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-sown. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-sown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-sown.
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