reseed
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editreseed (third-person singular simple present reseeds, present participle reseeding, simple past and past participle reseeded)
- (transitive, intransitive) To sow seeds again; to apply seed to (a plot of land) again.
- Of a non-perennial plant, to produce seeds to ensure the following generation without human intervention; to self-sow.
- The marigolds had reseeded themselves in the flower box, so he didn't have to buy new ones this year.
- (computing) To reset the input of an algorithm so as to ensure different results.
- The game reseeded its random number algorithm with a time-based value each time the game was restarted.