Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sown, as in a garden.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Sown; propagated by seed.
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- adjective obsolete
sown ;propagated byseed
Etymologies
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Latin sativus.
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Examples
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* Campbell, although from his not discerning the adver - sative relation of the members of the verse, Mat. i.
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"Tobacco was translated out of India in the seede or roote; native or sative in our own fruitfullest soils.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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Example: The plant is sative instead of ferous.
August 30, 2011