Seed Corn (Noun)
Meaning
Good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting.
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Examples
- The farmer carefully stored the best ears of corn to use as seed corn for the following season.
- Due to a severe drought, the seed corn supply was running low, leading to concerns over the next year's crop.
- To avoid depleting their seed corn, the community decided to import more stock instead of using up their own reserves.
- This special type of corn was saved specifically for use as seed corn to help maintain its unique genetic traits.
- The region experienced a shortage of seed corn, resulting in many farmers having to wait for new shipments before they could plant.