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seedbed

[seed-bed]
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noun

land prepared for seeding.
a plot of ground for seedlings.
a place of development; source.

Origin of seedbed

First recorded in 1650–60; seed + bed
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Historical Examples of seedbed

  • Hereafter the seedbed should be well watered from time to time whenever the soil appears dry.

  • The usual practice is to keep the seedlings one year in the seedbed and two years in the nursery rows before they are set out.

    The School Book of Forestry

    Charles Lathrop Pack

  • It was good weather for preparing the seedbed, and the men had been busy since sunrise, making the most of it.

    Harding of Allenwood

    Harold Bindloss

  • But if, from any cause, they have made a feeble growth, it is better to let them remain in the seedbed another year.

    The Nut Culturist

    Andrew S. Fuller

  • To protect the young plants, the seedbed was usually covered with oak leaves, though straw was used occasionally.

British Dictionary definitions for seedbed

seedbed

noun

a plot of land in which seeds or seedlings are grown before being transplanted
the place where something developsthe seedbed of discontent
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