GM
abbreviation/ˌdʒiː ˈem/
/ˌdʒiː ˈem/
- (British English) genetically modified(of a plant), having had its genetic structure changed artificially, so that it will, for example, produce more fruit or not be affected by disease
- GM foods or ‘Frankenstein foods’ as they are popularly called
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- grant-maintained(used in England and Wales to describe schools that received money from central, not local, government during the 1990s)
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