seed bank

English

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Noun

seed bank (plural seed banks)

  1. Synonym of seed vault
    • 1995 September 27, Lesley S. King, “At the Nation's Table: A Seed Bank For Sacred Corn”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, page C3:
      "Corn first developed in the northern Mexico area," said James Enote, director of the Zuni Conservation Project, which oversees the seed bank on the reservation. […] Zuni farmers check out seeds from the seed bank with the agreement that they will return the same number or more, Mr. Enote said.
    • 2008 February 28, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “In Norway, Global Seed Vault guards genetic resources”, in The International Herald Tribune‎, →ISSN:
      For years, a hodgepodge network of seed banks has been amassing seed and shoot collections. Labs in Mexico banked corn species. Those in Nigeria banked cassava.
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