seedbed
Americannoun
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a plot of land in which seeds or seedlings are grown before being transplanted
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the place where something develops
the seedbed of discontent
Etymology
Origin of seedbed
Example Sentences
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The absence of noncompete enforcement may well have been an important factor in the development of Silicon Valley as a vibrant seedbed of innovation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
In a normal situation, a ground fire would spark the release of the seeds from those cones, at the same time providing a bare mineral-soil seedbed for the sequoia.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 15, 2022
This soil is difficult to work up and develop into a good seedbed.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
The trove became a seedbed for Dr. Blight’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2018 biography “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2020
There were straight rows of trees—colonnades—growing out of the seedbed of trees that had fallen two hundred years before and sunk and become the earth itself.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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