SEEDTIME

seedtime

(noun) the time during which seeds should be planted

seedtime

(noun) any time of new development

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

seedtime (countable and uncountable, plural seedtimes)

The time to sow seeds.

(figurative) A time for new development.

Source: Wiktionary


Seed"time`, n. Etym: [AS. s.]

Definition: The season proper for sowing. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. Gen. viii. 22.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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