atomic gardening

noun

The exposure of plants to radioactive sources, typically cobalt-60, in order to generate mutations that may prove to have useful properties.

Meanings

nounatomic gardening (uncountable)
  1. uncountableagricultureThe exposure of plants to radioactive sources, typically cobalt-60, in order to generate mutations that may prove to have useful properties.
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