ice minus

A form of ice-minus — A genetically modified bacterium created from Pseudomona syringae that inhibits the formation of ice crystals, thereby making some crops more frost tolerant.

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Meanings

nounice minus (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of ice-minus.

    Not everything is going to be as safe or as easy to evaluate as "ice minus".

    1985, American Council on Science and Health, ACSH News & Views: Volumes 6-8, page 19
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    These filters may create problems which are accentuated when the problem is a nonroutine one, such as toxic shock, ice minus, or even Chernobyl.

    1990, Louis A. Cox, Paolo F. Ricci, New Risks: Issues and Management, page 241

    An early application of genetic entineering to crop productions was the ice minus bacteria, one of the first releases of a genetically modified organism into an agricultural ecosystem.

    2003, Stephen Nottingham, Eat Your Genes: How Genetically Modified Food Is Entering Our Diet, page 76
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