seminato

Seminato is the Italian past participle of the verb seminare and functions as an adjective meaning sown, seeded, or planted. It describes land, crops, or beds that have been sown with seeds, distinguishing them from fallowed or unused areas. The term is widely used in agricultural and horticultural contexts, for example in phrases such as campo seminato (a field that has been sown) or coltura seminata (seeded crop). The word can also appear in fixed expressions referring to the status of a plot after sowing.

Etymology: Seminato derives from Latin seminatus, the past participle of seminare, which itself comes from semen meaning seed.

Usage and nuances: In farming calendars and agronomic notes, seminato marks the status of land after sowing. It implies the presence of viable seeds and potential germination, and is often described in relation to growth stages such as emergence or early development. The term is most common in technical or regional agricultural language and is less typical in everyday speech outside farming contexts. Related forms include semina and seminazione, which refer to the act of sowing, and seme, the seed itself.

See also: semina, seminazione, seme, agronomy.