suicide seed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A proposed kind of modified seed whose use would be restricted by having important genes activated only in response to some stimulus (such as a special chemical), and which would otherwise produce infertile second-generation seeds.

Word forms

suicide seed suicide seeds
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