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biopiracy
n.
The patenting of plants, genes, and other biological products that are indigenous to a foreign country.
Example Citation:
"What developing tropical nations are saying is that if the West cries foul over piracy of intellectual property, say, or computer software, then 'biopiracy' in Western labs of jungle extracts should also be considered a high economic crime."
— Anthony Faiola, "Amazon Cash Crop," The Washington Post, July 9, 1999
Related Words:
biofraud
crazy tobacco
farmageddon
Frankenfood
golden rice
megadiversity
pharma food
pharmer
seed pirate
superweed
terminator seed
transgenic
Categories:
Plants and Gardening
Biology

New words. 2013.