Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mixture of various kinds of seeds used for feeding birds, especially caged birds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Small seeds used for feeding birds, as those of hemp or millet; more specifically, the seed of Phalaris Canariensis, or canary-grass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Seed , usually constituting a mixture from several species of plant, set out as food for birds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun food given to birds; usually mixed seeds
Etymologies
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Examples
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Robin and Dad have always talked farming, though you wouldn't think mushrooms and sod have much in common with birdseed, which is Dad's major industry. '
Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999
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Blood Pressure (High): Alpiste (canary grass) is a kind of birdseed that will bring blood press down immediately.
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Blood Pressure (High): Alpiste (canary grass) is a kind of birdseed that will bring blood press down immediately.
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Every kind of birdseed will yield a plant, whether it is the black-oil sunflower or many others, including milo, safflower, sorghum and niger.
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Faced with huge losses, they've turned to consumer profiling to find out everything from what kind of birdseed you buy to which bars you frequent, all in an effort to get you pay your bill.
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Somehow, it thrived, accepting mashed worm from the end of a toothpick, and eventually, birdseed from an eggcup, which it managed on its own.
BLACKBIRD marci stillerman 2011
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At a Burger King, just after sundown in downtown Kansas City, a pile of birdseed mysteriously appears on an outside table.
Star Crossed Anglers Hugh Barlow 2011
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But when he hit the dirt, I just figured he was really full of birdseed.
Odd Girl In Jo Whittemore 2011
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Every Spring in our backyard, we get a lot of plants randomly growing here and there from the birdseed we throw out every weekend — milo, millet and beautiful sunflowers.
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Every Spring in our backyard, we get a lot of plants randomly growing here and there from the birdseed we throw out every weekend — milo, millet and beautiful sunflowers.
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