seed corn

noun

ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.

Origin of seed corn

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby seed corn

seed capital, seed capsule, seedcase, seed coat, seed coral, seed corn, seedeater, seeder, seed fern, seed leaf, seedless plant

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Example sentences from the Web for seed corn

Now there were five sacks of seed-corn outside, so her husband tied up the Golova, and set her in the midst of them.
Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston
Onward, ever onward, is the watchword just now—dropping boys like seed-corn as they go!
Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished|R.M. Ballantyne
Once in a while there occurs quite a general failure of seed-corn to come up.
Soil Culture|J. H. Walden
Perhaps he lived on the seed-corn, and did not plough at all.
The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India|W.H.D. Rouse

It is not thus that any seed-corn can be gathered from foreign gardens.
At Home And Abroad|Margaret Fuller Ossoli

British Dictionary definitions for seed corn

seed corn

noun

the good quality ears or kernels of corn that are used as seed

assets or investments that are expected to provide profits in the future

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单词	seed corn
释义	seed corn noun ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed. Origin of seed corn First recorded in 1585–95 Words nearby seed corn seed capital, seed capsule, seedcase, seed coat, seed coral, seed corn, seedeater, seeder, seed fern, seed leaf, seedless plant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for seed corn Now there were five sacks of seed-corn outside, so her husband tied up the Golova, and set her in the midst of them. Russian Fairy Tales\|W. R. S. Ralston Onward, ever onward, is the watchword just now—dropping boys like seed-corn as they go! Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished\|R.M. Ballantyne Once in a while there occurs quite a general failure of seed-corn to come up. Soil Culture\|J. H. Walden Perhaps he lived on the seed-corn, and did not plough at all. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India\|W.H.D. Rouse It is not thus that any seed-corn can be gathered from foreign gardens. At Home And Abroad\|Margaret Fuller Ossoli British Dictionary definitions for seed corn seed corn noun the good quality ears or kernels of corn that are used as seed assets or investments that are expected to provide profits in the future Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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