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SEED STOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seed stock mean? 

SEED STOCK (noun)
  The noun SEED STOCK has 1 sense:

1. a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for plantingplay

  Familiarity information: SEED STOCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEED STOCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("seed stock" is a kind of...):

fund; stock; store (a supply of something available for future use)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seed stock"):

seed corn; seed grain (good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting)


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