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seed corn

noun

  1. ears or kernels of corn set apart as seed.


seed corn

noun

  1. the good quality ears or kernels of corn that are used as seed
  2. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of seed corn1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences

I don’t want us to lose the seed corn that was so successful on my behalf.

From Time

Are we still investing that way, or have we eaten the seed corn?

My childhood jobs were detassling seed corn and working at a lumberyard.

They were all fashioned and painted as correct models, and were provided with their national songs and with seed-corn.

If you will help me, I'll give you a peck of that Golden Bantam seed corn you like so much the next time you are in town.'

Much of the corn is already too hard for the table, and some of the ears can be selected which are ripe enough for seed corn.

Now they needed staple provisions, a few farming tools, a breaking-plough, and some seed corn.

One peck of gourd-seed corn is to be measured out to each slave once every week.

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