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Frankenfood

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Frank·en·food  (frngkn-fd)
n. Slang
A genetically modified food, especially a fruit or vegetable.



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Unless the frankenfood scientists have already developed a strain of rice that grows on trees, I'm pretty sure she meant arborio rice, the kind used to make risotto.
In The Frankenfood Myth: How Protest and Politics Threaten the Biotech Revolution, Hoover research fellow Henry Miller and Gregory Conko trace the origins of gene-splicing, its applications, and the backlash from consumer groups and government agencies against so-called "Frankenfoods" -- from America to Zimbabwe.
Who can blame common folk for choosing a cautious "no thanks" to the Frankenfood coming out of U.
 
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