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SEED STOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("seed stock" is a kind of...):
fund; stock; store (a supply of something available for future use)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seed stock"):
seed corn; seed grain (good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting)