Crossword clues for seedcorn
Wiktionary
seedcorn
n. 1 corn ((term: wheat) etc) that, instead of being milled, is retained for seed 2 (context UK economics English) Financial assets set aside for the generation of future profits
Wikipedia
Seedcorn
Seedcorn is the funding mechanism of the Department for Food Agriculture and Rural Affairs ( DEFRA), in the United Kingdom. It is a major funding source for research institutes and a minor source of PhD studentship funding. The majority of the funding goes towards Central Science Laboratory projects.
Category:Science and technology in the United Kingdom
Usage examples of "seedcorn".
Someday, you know it, I'll come back to you again for money: seedcorn money, that's all, so we can take a first step-self-financing even in the medium term-beyond the bounds of Earth.