reseeding

Sowing bare patches

Reseeding is planting seeds again, typically to restore grass or vegetation that has died or thinned: The lawn needs reseeding after the drought.

In sports tournaments, reseeding means reassigning rankings between rounds based on remaining competitors.

In computing, reseeding refreshes a random number generator with new initial values.

agriculture

seedbed

Prepared ground for sprouting

cultivation · fertilizing · irrigation · harvest · overseeding · germination · furrow · fallow · pasture · forage

lawn

overseeding

Sowing into established grass

fertilizing · watering · germination · thatch · spreader · coverage · establishment · warm-season · cool-season · fescue

propagation

germination

Seed's initial growth phase

greenhouse · transplanting · heirloom · open-pollinated · viability · stratification · scarification · dormancy · generation · offspring

restoration

habitat

Organism's natural environment

prairie · wetland · ecosystem · biodiversity · revegetation · conservation · pollinator · riparian · reclamation · wildlife

data

database

Organized digital information collection

initialization · encryption · hashing · generator · entropy · reproducibility · simulation · sampling · bootstrapping · shuffling

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agricultural/horticultural action

reseedinguprooting

Extracting from the earth

clearing · defoliation · killing off · removing · weeding

temporal sequence of planting

reseedingestablishment

Founded organization or venue

founding

planting sequence

reseedingbreaking ground

Starting work on site

establishing · pioneering

Family

seed, seeds, seedy, seeded, seedling, sowing, seeding, disseminate, dissemination

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