germination
English
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edit- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
editgermination (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, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
- Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.
Usage notes
edit- Not to be confused with gemination.
Translations
editprocess of germinating
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French
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Noun
editgermination f (plural germinations)
Further reading
edit- “germination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.