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Definition of Seed grain
1. Noun. Good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting.
Definition of Seed grain
1. Noun. Grain seed saved from one year's harvest for the subsequent year's planting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seed Grain
Literary usage of Seed grain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"seed grain was needed for use in the spring, and in many cases food must be supplied.
On Jan. 22 the Legislature passed a resolution appointing a committee ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Section 7 is as follows: "The fund arising from the sale of said bonds shall be
applied exclusively by said board for the purchase of seed-grain for ..."
3. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"Wheat grains with roots not originating from the embryo but springing from the
hypertrophied testa at the tip of the seed grain. the grain in different ..."
4. Baptist Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1897)
"Being on tour among the people we saw these things and heard the cries of the
poor people whose lands were lying waste for lack of seed grain. ..."
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