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seed stock

seed stock noun: a stock of seed.

Noun

seed stock (plural seed stocks)

  1. (literally) A stock of seed.
  2. Any supply for planting in general.
    • The estate's present seed stock comprises seedlings, bulbs and various nuts.
  3. (figuratively) Any source of new (notably young) individuals, especially those used for breeding
    • Sustainable hunting and fishing cares as much for its seed stock as for catch or haul.
    • Today, the Lyme Regis fossils tell us a clear story: The survivors of the Triassic mass extinction were the seedstock of a great cephalopod flourishing.2026 May 29, Peter Ward, “The Cephalopods Are Coming”, in Nautilus

seed stock meaning in Tamil

seed stock in Tamil

விதை இருப்பு

Forms of seed stock

pluralseed stocks

Questions about seed stock

What does seed stock mean?
Seed stock means a stock of seed.
What is seed stock in Tamil?
Seed stock in Tamil is விதை இருப்பு. See Seed stock meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is seed stock?
Seed stock is a noun.
What is the plural of seed stock?
The plural of seed stock is seed stocks.

Words near seed stock in the dictionary

  1. seed potatoes
  2. seed shrimp
  3. seed shrimps
  4. seed stitch
  5. seed stitches
  6. seed stock
  7. seed stocks
  8. seed tick
  9. seed ticks
  10. seed tree
  11. seed trees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: seed stock (page history and authors); seed stock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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