germination
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
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[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
- Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with gemination.
Translations
process of germinating
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