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seed corn
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Word definitions for seed corn in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting [syn: seed grain ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Seed that is saved from one year's harvest for the subsequent year's planting, rather than being used to make flour etc.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Seed \Seed\ (s[=e]d), n.; pl. Seed or Seeds . [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[=a eth], s[ae eth]i, Goth. manas[=e thorn]s seed of men, world. See Sow to scatter seed, and cf. Colza .] (Bot.) A ripened ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He says financial institutions have recognised that little companies provide a base for industry and the seed corn for new ideas. ▪ They carried on an extensive trade in a variety of products such as cattle cake, seed corn , ...
Usage examples of seed corn.
So long then as the poor man hath to sell, rich men bring out none, but rather buy up that which the poor bring, under pretence of seed corn or alteration of grain, although they bring none of their own, because one wheat often sown without change of seed will soon decay and be converted into darnel.
She asked to buy seed corn from them and they promised it and fell to discussing farm problems.
Elk Garden, where the pioneers of the last four years had been wont to lay in a simple supply of seed corn and Irish potatoes.
We had no money now-not even the paper Proclamation money, worth only a fraction of sterling-and without hides to sell in the spring, we were going to have difficulty getting the seed corn and wheat we needed.
If she had her way they would plant the seed corn they had brought, hold the rest of the corn to Turn over to the ships when they arrived.
If she had her way they would plant the seed corn they had brought, hold the rest of the corn to Turn over to the ships when they arnved.
As for gunpowder, Tall Hickory, my husband, told me, when the English first give it to the general, years back, the English told him, with much secret merriment amongst themselves, how he should bury it, like seed corn, and watch the bullets come up.
He had then shaved, washed, and gone round to all the plantation owners again, returning each man's money with thanks and a small payment of interest, leaving us with enough to manage seed corn for planting, an extra mule for plowing, a goat and some pigs.