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单词 seed corn
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Definition of seed corn in English:

seed corn

noun
mass noun
  • 1Good-quality corn kept for seed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a trap similar to the one that peasants enter when they feed seedcorn to their starving children.
    1. 1.1British Assets set aside for the generation of profit or other benefit in the future.
      small businesses are the seedcorn of the economy
      the provision of seedcorn capital
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Selectively chosen, these customers are the seedcorn of the future.
      • What we had to do was to demonstrate that this was seedcorn, and that the money invested in the genome was money well spent.

Definition of seed corn in US English:

seed corn

nounˈsēd ˌkôrn
  • Good-quality corn kept for seed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a trap similar to the one that peasants enter when they feed seedcorn to their starving children.
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