seedtime

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

seedtime
    n 1: any time of new development
    2: the time during which seeds should be planted

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Seedtime \Seed"time`\, n. [AS. s[=ae]dt[imac]ma.]
   The season proper for sowing.
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         While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and
         cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and
         night, shall not cease.                  --Gen. viii.
                                                  22.
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