seed bank
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of seed vault.
Example Sentences
- ""Corn first developed in the northern Mexico area," said James Enote, director of the Zuni Conservation Project, which oversees the seed bank on the reservation.[…]Zuni farmers check out seeds from the seed bank with the agreement that they will return the same number or more, Mr. Enote said."
- "For years, a hodgepodge network of seed banks has been amassing seed and shoot collections. Labs in Mexico banked corn species. Those in Nigeria banked cassava."