单词 | seedage |
释义 | seedagen.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] sowing1362 sowa1400 sation?1440 semination1531 seeding1541 seedness1549 seedage1610 sature1657 insemination1658 grass seeding1823 semence1859 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 27 The shaked corne seruing..for the second seedage. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. xi. 35 Wheat craues a fat Clay (and dry to make it hard and compact) and durty Seedage. 2. Reproduction of a plant by seed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > production or formation of seed or seed-vessel seedinga1398 kernelling1532 kerning1669 seminificationa1676 podding1743 seedage1887 1887 26th Ann. Rep. State Board Agric. Michigan 432 Next to seedage, separation is the most universal method of natural multiplication. 1891 L. H. Bailey Nursery-bk. i. 12 There are many kinds of screens in use to prevent the drying out of small seeds in out-door seedage and to protect the young seedlings. 1924 J. H. Waring Budding & Grafting (Pennsylvania State Coll. School of Agric. & Exper Station: Extension Circular No. 103) 3 The fruit grower cannot depend upon seedage alone, since none of our improved varieties of fruits may be reproduced directly from its seed. 1973 Gladewater (Texas) Mirror 15 Feb. 11 Cut lawns that are infested with early spring weeds to prevent seedage and spread of the weed pest. 2009 J. H. Crane et al. in R. E. Litz Mango (ed. 2) xiii. 443 Mango production areas rely on traditional propagation, i.e. seedage, grafting and budding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1610 |
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