germination

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

germination (countable and uncountable, plural germinations)

1. 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.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with gemination.

Translations

process of germinating

• Bulgarian: покълване (bg) n (pokǎlvane), поникване (bg) n (ponikvane)
• Czech: klíčení n
• Dutch: kieming f

• Finnish: itäminen (fi)
• Spanish: germinación (es) f