seed stock
- a variation of seedstock.
Example Sentences
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To prevent total loss, seeds were collected from the strongest surviving population and cultivated at Kew, establishing a secure seed stock for future restoration without further pressure on wild plants.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
The eels get sold to Asian aquaculture companies that use them as seed stock so they can be raised to maturity and used as food.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
Webster says at the very least, the seed stock to make a human vaccine—variants of a strain that grow rapidly in the eggs used to make a flu vaccine—should be produced now.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 29, 2020
Malawi's maize requirement for human consumption, seed, stock feed and industrial use stands at 3.205 million tonnes, he said.
From Reuters ● Apr. 14, 2016
A dreamer in whose mind the best version of the world grew like seed stock.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
