seed bank

English

Alternative forms

• seedbank

Noun

seed bank (plural seed banks)

2. Synonym of seed vault
   • 1995 September 27, Lesley S. King, “At the Nation's Table: A Seed Bank For Sacred Corn”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, page C3:

     "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.

   • 2008 February 28, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “In Norway, Global Seed Vault guards genetic resources”, in The International Herald Tribune‎^[2], →ISSN:

     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.