I plant a seed

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by BobK

I don't think we disagree (although we are saying opposite things ) - when I said 'certainly not', I was referring to the sense of 'grow' that equates with 'get bigger'. A seed doesn't do that (except to a trivial extent, before the plumule and the radicle emerge from it).

b

I understand, but this is a song, not a botany text.

[MrPedantic]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

I understand, but this is a song, not a botany text.

I believe that BobM had a keen interest in botany; but only in one plant.

MrP

PS: I took "kill them" not from the sample quoted above, but from the fuller lyric:

Sheriff John Brown always hated me
For what I don't know
Every time I plant a seed
He said, "Kill it before it grows."
He said, "Kill them before they grow."

(I'm not sure about "before it grows", by the way; I think he may sing "before it grow".)