"GMO" meaning in English

See GMO in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} GMO (not comparable)
  1. (by extension) Genetically modified. Tags: broadly, not-comparable Related terms: GEO
    Sense id: en-GMO-en-adj-Ov3lWfPV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Genetic engineering Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Genetic engineering: 63 37

Noun

Forms: GMOs [plural], GMO [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|GMO}} GMO (plural GMOs or GMO)
  1. Initialism of genetically modified organism. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: genetically modified organism Translations (genetically modified organism): OGM [masculine] (French), GVO [masculine] (German), OGM [masculine] (Italian), GMO [neuter] (Polish), UMG [masculine] (Sicilian), OMG [masculine] (Spanish), ГМО (HMO) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-GMO-en-noun-IS6uqlKG

Inflected forms

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