seed corn in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for seed corn in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.seed [Am sid, Brit siːd] N

See also sow2, sow1

I.sow1 <pt sowed, pp sowed or sown> [Am soʊ, Brit səʊ] VB trans

II.sow1 <pt sowed, pp sowed or sown> [Am soʊ, Brit səʊ] VB intr

See also Corn Belt

corn2 [Am kɔrn, Brit kɔːn] N (on toe)

seed corn in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for seed corn in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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Why seed oats if you can seed corn?
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There goes the future seed corn for growth.
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In the early 1960s, seed corn companies began to use male sterile cytoplasm so that they could eliminate the previous need for hand detassling to save both money and time.
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And savings, the seed corn of future prosperity, remain in woefully short supply.
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This would be symbolically drenched in water and kept over the winter until its grain was mixed with the seed corn in the spring to ensure a successful harvest.
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Insects in seed corn still need to be managed, as well.
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The possessor, generally impoverished, or without facilities for working the land, often furnished the land and seed corn, and the tenant cultivated it, the produce being equally divided between them.
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Sometimes seed corn had to be imported.
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He is optimistic the sun will shine this week and dry out the land in time to seed corn.
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At school, they shelled, cleaned and graded seed corn, picked fruit, and studied reading, writing and arithmetic.
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