a collection of seeds, plants, tissue cultures, etc, of potentially useful species, esp species containing genes of significance to the breeding of crops
2. another name for gene library
Examples of 'gene bank' in a sentence
gene bank
An important role of the gene bank is safeguarding traits particular to various breeds.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He said that it would provide back-up not only against disasters, but also if a commercial gene bank is destroyed.