supersemination

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ semination.

Pronunciation

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Noun

supersemination (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The sowing of seed over seed previously sown.
    • 1654, John Bramhall, A Just Vindication of the Church of England from the Unjust Aspersion of Criminal Schism:
      No good Christian can diſlike the Husbandſman's sowing of wheat, but every good Christian doth diſlike the envious man's ſuperſemination

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