germination
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ger·mi·nate
(jûr′mə-nāt′)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 germināre, germināt-, to sprout, from germen, germin-, sprout, bud; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
ger′mi·na′tion n.
ger′mi·na′tive adj.
ger′mi·na′tor n.
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ger·mi·na·tion
(jûr′mə-nā′shən) 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.
germinate verb
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germination
The start of the development of a plant from seed or spore.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |
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Translations
إنْبات
klíčení
spiring
csírázáskicsírázás
spírun
klíčenie
filizlenmegelişme
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germinate
(ˈdʒəːmineit) verb to (cause eg a seed to) begin to grow.
ˌgermiˈnation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
ger·mi·nation
n. germinación, brote de una planta o desarrollo de una persona o animal.
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