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seed potato

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noun

  1. a potato tuber used for planting

"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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The seed potato industry says the lost market opportunity into the EU has cost £75m over the last five years.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025

He said it would help the livestock sector, specifically beef and lamb producers, as well as the seed potato industry which had suffered in recent years.

From BBC ● May 19, 2025

The seed potato ban will be revoked this autumn, as will a similar ban on so-called "high risk" trees and shrubs.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2023

In December, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said a national survey detected no potato wart in seed potato fields not already under surveillance.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022

It matters not so much whether the seed potato be large or small; it must, however, come from a hill bearing a large yield of fine potatoes.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Charles William Burkett

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