• Germination

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

    Full definition of germination

    Noun

    germination

    (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.
      • Schuster Hepaticae V|5Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.
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