"seed vault" meaning in All languages combined

See seed vault on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: seed vaults [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} seed vault (plural seed vaults)
  1. A place used for storage of seeds as a source for planting in case seed reserves or biodiversity elsewhere are destroyed. Wikidata QID: Q1426613 Synonyms: seed bank Translations (long term seed storage): zadenbank [feminine] (Dutch), siemenholvi (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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