seed stock

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   a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting

   Broaderstore

   Narrowerseed corn

Questions about seed stock

What does seed stock mean?

seed stock means "a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting".

Is seed stock a common word?

seed stock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.