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germplasms

germplasms is the plural of germplasm.

Meaning of germplasm

Noun

germplasm (countable and uncountable, plural germplasms)

  1. Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
    • Since the number of problems that affect the bean crop is large, researchers in national and international programs have formed a network on genetic improvement in which germplasm evaluation and research results are exchanged.1987, Aart van Schoonhove, Standard System for the Evaluation of Bean Germplasm, CIAT, page 5

Questions about germplasms

What is germplasms the plural of?
Germplasms is the plural of germplasm.

Words near germplasms in the dictionary

  1. Germosen
  2. Germosens
  3. germosporangia
  4. germosporangium
  5. germplasm
  6. germplasms
  7. germproof
  8. germs
  9. germtube
  10. germtubes
  11. germule

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