Definition

1. Noun:
   • The time during which seeds should be planted: The specific season or period suitable for sowing seeds in agriculture or gardening.
   • Any time of new development: A figurative meaning referring to an early, formative stage or a period of initial growth and potential.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Spring is the seedtime for most crops in this region. (Spring is the season for planting most crops in this region.)
  • The early 20th century was a seedtime for many modern artistic movements. (The early 20th century was a period of new development for many modern artistic movements.)

Advanced Usage

• "in the seedtime of": Used to describe being in the very beginning or formative phase of something.
  • He was involved in the project in the seedtime of the industry. (He was involved in the project during the industry's earliest, formative period.)

Variants and Related Words

• Seed (n): The unit of reproduction from which a new plant grows; the origin or beginning of something.
  • The idea was the seed for a great invention.
• Sowing (n): The act of planting seeds.
  • The sowing must be completed before the rains come.

Synonyms

• Planting season: The season for sowing seeds.
• Formative period: A stage of development where something is taking shape.
• Inception: The beginning or start of something.

Related Idioms

• To sow the seeds of: To do something that will cause a particular situation, often a negative one, to develop in the future.
  • His harsh words sowed the seeds of distrust. (His harsh words planted the initial cause for future distrust.)

Noun

1. the time during which seeds should be planted
2. any time of new development