"seedtime" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seedtime.wav [Southern-England] Forms: seedtimes [plural]
Etymology: seed + time; compare Old Icelandic sáðtími. Compare also German Saatzeit "season for sowing seed" (15th cent. as satzijt), Old Icelandic sáðtíð "April", lit. "seed time". Etymology templates: {{compound|en|seed|time}} seed + time Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} seedtime (countable and uncountable, plural seedtimes)
  1. The time to sow seeds. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the time to sow seeds): kylvöaika (Finnish), aimsir an tsíl [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-seedtime-en-noun-ciN5rUXk Disambiguation of 'the time to sow seeds': 86 14
  2. (figurative) A time for new development. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-seedtime-en-noun-vyacdWhw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70

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