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PRONUNCIATION OF SEED CORN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEED CORN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Seed corn is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SEED CORN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of seed corn in the English dictionary

The definition of seed corn in the dictionary is the good quality ears or kernels of corn that are used as seed. Other definition of seed corn is assets or investments that are expected to provide profits in the future.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEED CORN

seed
seed box
seed capital
seed capsule
seed coat
seed coral
seed fern
seed leaf
seed merchant
seed money
seed oyster
seed pearl
seed plant
seed pod
seed potato
seed tray
seed vessel
seed-corn
seedbed
seedbox

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEED CORN

acorn
Capricorn
corn
field corn
green corn
Guinea corn
Indian corn
John Barleycorn
kaffir corn
kafir corn
peppercorn
popcorn
Runcorn
scorn
seed-corn
squirrel corn
sugar corn
sweet corn
tricorn
unicorn

Synonyms and antonyms of seed corn in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «seed corn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEED CORN

Find out the translation of seed corn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of seed corn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «seed corn» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

玉米种子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

semilla de maíz
570 millions of speakers

English

seed corn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बीज मक्का
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بذور الذرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

семян кукурузы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sementes de milho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বীজ ভুট্টা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le maïs de semence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jagung benih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Samenkorn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

種トウモロコシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

씨앗 옥수수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jagung jagung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hột bắp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விதை சோளம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बियाणे कॉर्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tohum mısır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mais da seme
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nasion kukurydzy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

насіння кукурудзи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semințe de porumb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπόρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saad koring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utsäde majs
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

såkorn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of seed corn

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEED CORN»

The term «seed corn» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEED CORN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «seed corn» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «seed corn» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about seed corn

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEED CORN»

Discover the use of seed corn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to seed corn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Seed Corn of the Confederacy: The Virginia Military ...
Ten of their number would die a New Market; more than fifty others would be wounded. This is the first known account of the Battle of New Market written from the perspective of the cadets from Virginia Military Institute.
James Gindlesperger, 1997
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Beautiful Corn: America's Original Grain from Seed to Plate
FROM SEED TO PLATE - THE SEASONS OF A REMARKABLE CROP "Part love song to an ancient grain, part elevated instruction on how to grow, cook and consume it, part history and animated story, Beautiful Corn opens our eyes to a food plant that ...
Anthony Boutard, 2013
3
Seed Corn
Small yields due to poor seed corn can be prevented 3 The very best seed is available at ripening time 3 Where to obtain the best possible seed corn 4 Corn breeding is a special line of work 4 What constitutes good seed corn ? 4 How to ...
Charles Pinckney Hartley, 1917
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The what and how of hybrid corn
THE WHAT AND HOW OF HYBRID CORN 13 SOURCES OF HYBRID SEED The purpose of this bulletin is to give information on what hybrid seed corn is and how it is produced. To advocate the immediate and general use of hybrids would ...
Frederick David Richey, 1935
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Good seed corn for 1913
5 tion to the poor condition of a great deal of the seed corn, many farmers last spring paid scant attention to the facts presented. They assumed, apparently, that the members of the state experiment station staff and the newspapers had formed  ...
Harold De Mott Hughes, 1912
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Home-made Seed Corn Testers
Home-Made Seed Corn Testers •rathe top ace IOWA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION or ily. Farm Crops Division ex^ ver the By H. D. HUGHES on[ The seed corn situation in the corn-belt states this year is serious. Not as much seed ...
Harold De Mott Hughes, 1912
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The germination test of seed corn
Testing the vitality of seed corn before planting increased the profits per acre 93.6 per cent in 1910 and 85.7 per cent in 1911, or an increase of 19.6 bushels in 1910 and 10.1 in 1911. 3. In a comparison of thirteen different testers the highest  ...
Harold De Mott Hughes, 1913
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Method of sale of war emergency seed corn to farmers in ...
It is not the intention of this Department to restrict or hamper the work of the customary agencies which handle seed corn, but rather to encourage them to do their utmost to meet the present emergency. It probably will be necessary for them to ...
David Franklin Houston, 1918
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Factors Influencing the Vitality of Seed Corn
the furnace room, the large kitchen or room above are good places to store seed corn." 5. "Crib corn, shock corn, corn stored on wind mills and under eaves of barns lose much of their vitality." 6. "Mature seed corn picked early gives, on the ...
Charlie Willis Baker, Walker Edward Bryan, Elias Harden Pressley, 1915
10
Seed corn infection with Fusarium moniliforme and its ...
RELATION OF F. MONILIFORME To CORN ROOT AND STALK ROTS In view of the wide distribution of F. momlliforme in seed corn in areas where root and stalk rots are prevalent, the ques~ tion arises as to the relation of this organism to the ...
William Donney Valleau, 1920

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEED CORN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term seed corn is used in the context of the following news items.
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Have Corn and Soybean Yields Reached Full Potential?
Seed corn is packed with more than 500 bushels per acre of yield potential. After it hits the seed trench, though, it's all downhill from there. Insects, fungi, and too ... «Agriculture.com, Oct 14»
2
US seed corn stolen by employees of Chinese firm "worth US$500 …
The value of the patented seeds allegedly stolen from US corn companies by staff of a Chinese firm likely exceeds US$500 million, federal prosecutors said. «South China Morning Post, Jul 14»
3
Earlier maturing corn varieties could benefit Ontario growers
Al Mussell, George Morris Centre senior research associate, says Ontario has an infrastructure in place to grow seed corn, particularly “for those low heat-unit ... «BetterFarming.com, Jun 13»

REFERENCE
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