sown

variants or sowed
past participle of sow
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as in sprayed
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer

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as in planted
to put or set into the ground to grow first sow the seeds in potting soil

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“Sown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sown. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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