SEED CORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seed corn mean? 

• SEED CORN (noun)
  The noun SEED CORN has 1 sense:

1. good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEED CORN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

seed corn; seed grain

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

seed stock (a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting)