Meaning & use
Seedstock
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Animals or plants kept and bred specifically to produce offspring or new generations for a herd, flock, or crop.
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The ranch specializes in seedstock cattle, selling breeding bulls to commercial herds.
Farmers set aside their best grain as seedstock for next year's planting.
A note on using this word
Widely used in agriculture and livestock breeding, distinguishing animals or plants raised for reproduction from those raised for direct sale or consumption.
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breeding stock
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