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Broadcast month's seed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maize

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'broadcast month's seed' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both plants as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for maize that I've seen before include "Cereal grass producing corncobs" , "Tall cereal plant bearing grain on large pods" , "- maybe staple" , "Something cultivated" , "Source of oil" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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