set seed

Frequency: 6.88.3 per million words

for a plant to develop seeds after flowering

seedVERB + NOUN

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set

Examples (10)

  • The plant will set seed in June.
  • Most annual flowers set seed within weeks of their petals falling.
  • After a long blooming period, the apple trees finally began to set seed.
  • To ensure a good harvest, it's important that the corn plants set seed successfully.
  • If conditions are favorable, these rare orchids can set seed every two years.
  • We need to wait until the lettuce has set seed before collecting them.
  • The sunflowers had already set seed by the time the first frost arrived.
  • Farmers hope the new variety will set seed earlier in the season.
  • This particular species struggles to set seed without specific insect pollination.
  • During dry spells, some plants may fail to set seed at all.