seed bank

plural seed banks · alternative seedbank

1. Synonym of seed vault.

   For years, a hodgepodge network of seed banks has been amassing seed and shoot collections. Labs in Mexico banked corn species. Those in Nigeria banked cassava.

   2008 February 28, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “In Norway, Global Seed Vault guards genetic resources”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN

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   "Corn first developed in the northern Mexico area," said James Enote, director of the Zuni Conservation Project, which oversees the seed bank on the reservation.[…]Zuni farmers check out seeds from the seed bank with the agreement that they will return the same number or more, Mr. Enote said.

   1995 September 27, Lesley S. King, “At the Nation's Table: A Seed Bank For Sacred Corn”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page C3

   Synonyms: seed vault