| 单词 | to grow to seed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto grow to seed P2. to grow to seed: to produce seed. ΚΠ 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 46 It [sc. Medica] is best mowed when it beginneth to flowre, for it must not growe to seede. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 136 Ah fie, tis an vnweeded garden That growes to seede. 1728 R. Bradley Dict. Botanicum at Panax The Root..before it be grown to Seed is eaten both by the Hungarians and Tartars instead of Bread. 1842 Morning Chron. 1 Mar. 5/6 They have no weeds growing to seed, and spreading foulness over every field. 1928 W. W. Tracy Veg. Seeds for Home & Market Garden (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1390) (rev. ed.) 9 Plants showing the most desirable leaf should be chosen and allowed to grow to seed. 2002 S. Ashworth Seed to Seed (ed. 2) 121/1 West Indian gherkin is an annual vine crop that can be grown to seed anywhere cucumbers are successful. < as lemmas |
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