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Germplasm

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses. countable, uncountable

    "Since the number of problems that affect the bean crop is large, researchers in national and international programs have formed a network on genetic improvement in which germplasm evaluation and research results are exchanged."

Etymology

From germ + plasm. But compare germ plasm.

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