"seed vault" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Coordinate_terms: seed library Translations (long term seed storage): zadenbank [feminine] (Dutch), siemenholvi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-seed_vault-en-noun-en:Q1426613 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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