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suicide seed

suicide seed noun: a proposed kind of modified seed whose use would be restricted by having important genes activated only in response to some stimulus (such as a special chemical), and which would otherwise produce infertile second-generation seeds.

Noun

suicide seed (plural suicide seeds)

  1. (genetic engineering) A proposed kind of modified seed whose use would be restricted by having important genes activated only in response to some stimulus (such as a special chemical), and which would otherwise produce infertile second-generation seeds.

Forms of suicide seed

pluralsuicide seeds

Questions about suicide seed

What does suicide seed mean?
Suicide seed means a proposed kind of modified seed whose use would be restricted by having important genes activated only in response to some stimulus (such as a special chemical), and which would otherwise produce infertile second-generation seeds.
What part of speech is suicide seed?
Suicide seed is a noun.
What is the plural of suicide seed?
The plural of suicide seed is suicide seeds.

Words near suicide seed in the dictionary

  1. suicide notes
  2. suicide pact
  3. suicide pacts
  4. suicide pass
  5. suicide passes
  6. suicide seed
  7. suicide seeds
  8. suicide shower
  9. suicide showers
  10. suicide special
  11. suicide specials

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