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Verb: go to seed
  1. Deteriorate in condition or appearance through neglect
    "The once-beautiful garden had gone to seed"
     
  2. (of a plant) be allowed to grow to produce seeds
    "Let some of the lettuce go to seed for next year's crop"

Derived forms: going to seed, gone to seed, went to seed, goes to seed