germination

ger·mi·nate  (jûrm-nt) v. ger·mi·nat·ed, ger·mi·nat·ing, ger·mi·nates v.tr. To cause to sprout or grow. v.intr. 1. To begin to sprout or grow. 2. To come into existence: An idea germinated in his mind. [Latin germinre, germint-, to sprout, from germen, germin-, sprout, bud; see gen- in Indo-European roots.] germi·nation n. germi·native adj. germi·nator n.

germinate germination of a bean seed

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germination  (jûrm-nshn) The beginning of growth, as of a seed, spore, or bud. The germination of most seeds and spores occurs in response to warmth and water. A Closer Look Dormant seeds are very dry and require the absorption of water to initiate the metabolic processes of respiration and begin to digest their stored food. Respiration requires the presence of oxygen, which must be sufficiently available in the soil for germination to proceed, so the soil must be wet but not so waterlogged as to make oxygen inaccessible. Temperatures must be above freezing (zero degrees Celsius) but not excessively hot (not more than about 45 degrees Celsius). If conditions are right, a radicle (an embryonic root) emerges from the seed coat, anchoring the seed; it then grows and puts out lateral roots. In most eudicots, a part of the developing stem, either the epicotyl (the stem above the cotyledons) or the hypocotyl (the stem below the cotyledons) elongates, forming a hook and gradually pulling the seed coat and the delicate shoot tip above the soil surface. Germination of eudicot seeds is normally divided into two types, designated epigeous and hypogeous. In epigeous germination, the cotyledons emerge above the soil surface, and wither and drop off after their food stores have been used up; in hypogeous germination, the cotyledons remain below the surface and decompose after their food stores have been used up. In most monocots, food is stored in the seed's endosperm (rather than the cotyledon), and it is the single tubular cotyledon that elongates and draws the seed coat out of the soil. The cotyledon conducts photosynthesis, making more food, while the shoot grows up inside the tube.

germination germination of a bean seed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	germination - the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow sprouting growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
	2.	germination - the origin of some development; "the germination of their discontent" inception, origination, origin - an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events

Translations

germination [ˌdʒɜːmɪˈneɪʃən] N → germinación f

germination [ˌdʒɜː^rmɪˈneɪʃ^ən] n → germination f
germ warfare n → guerre f bactériologique

germination

n (lit) → Keimung f; (fig) → Aufkeimen nt (geh)

germination [dʒɜːmɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n → germinazione f