germination
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
germination (countable and uncountable, plural germinations)
- The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
- Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
Usage notes[edit]
- Not to be confused with gemination.