seedstock

seedstock
/seed"stok'/, n.
1. seed, tubers, or roots selected and kept for planting.
2. animals, esp. pedigreed livestock, maintained for breeding purposes.
3. the animals needed to replenish a population, as after hunting or fishing.
Also, seed stock.
[1925-30; SEED + STOCK]

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