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seedbednoun a place or environment that favors the development of somethinga social and political environment that would later become a seedbed of the abolition movement breeding ground, hotbed, hothouse, nest, nidus, nursery, seminary cruciblebase, capital, center, core, cynosure, eye, focus, heart, hub, mecca, nucleus, seatfocus, headquarters the source from which something grows or developsthat think tank has served as a seedbed for American conservatism since the Cold War era fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seed font, fountain, spring, well, wellhead, wellspringbeginning, birth, commencement, dawn, genesis, inception, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start, thresholdcreation, inauguration, origination a point or place at which something is invented or providedthe historic role of the Middle East as a seedbed for new religions cradle, font, fountain, fountainhead, origin, root, source, spring, well, wellspring beginning, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go(also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, thresholdbaseline, first base, ground zero, square one in 1618 |