| 单词 | seed bank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseed bank seed bank n. (a) a place where a collection or stock of seeds of different plant varieties and species is stored for use in agriculture or as a safeguard against their possible extinction; (b) (more fully soil seed bank) the seeds that have accumulated naturally in a given area of ground. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > botany > [noun] > store of seeds seed bank1906 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > seed bank seed bank1906 1906 Agric. Jrnl. India 1 219 I have come to the conclusion that on the whole it is easier to found successful money societies than seed banks. 1961 A. S. Leopold Desert vi. 117 If the season ends favorably, it usually means that a fine new crop of seeds is added to the seed bank in the soil. 1982 Washington Post 5 Nov. (Weekend section) 57/1 The winter wheat is a variety called Red May, unchanged from the 18th century; the seeds came from the Department of Agriculture's seed bank. 1990 J. O. Luken Directing Ecol. Succession iii. 43 The soil seed bank is rapidly depleted by seed germination and seed destruction. 2003 Org. Gardening Sept. 13/2 Many things will appear quickly, including whatever weedy species exist in the seed-bank in your soil. 2016 New Scientist 26 Mar. 17/1 The waterwheel plant is facing extinction—and even preservation in a seed bank looks doubtful. < as lemmas |
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