Definitions of GERMINATION

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Definition of 'GERMINATION'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) germination, sprouting
the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

2. (noun) germination
the origin of some development
"the germination of their discontent"

Definition of 'GERMINATION'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) GERMINATION
the process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable

Definition of 'GERMINATION'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. GERMINATION
The initial stages of the growth of SEEDS into a SEEDLING. The embryonic shoot (plumule) and embryonic PLANT ROOTS (radicle) emerge and grow upwards and downwards respectively. Food reserves for germination come from endosperm tissue within the seed and/or from the seed leaves (COTYLEDON). (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)

Translation of 'GERMINATION'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause eg a seed to) begin to grow.
Afrikaans: ontkieming	Arabic: إنْبات	Bulgarian: развитие
Brazilian: germinação	Czech: klíčení	German: das Keimen
Danish: spiring	Greek: βλάστηση	Spanish: germinación
Estonian: idanemine	Farsi: به وجود آمدن و رشد	Finnish: idätys
French: germination	Hebrew: נביטה	Hindi: उगना
Croatian: klijanje	Hungarian: (ki)csírázás	Indonesian: persemaian
Icelandic: spírun	Italian: germinazione	Japanese: 発芽
Korean: 발아	Lithuanian: dygimas, daiginimas	Latvian: dīgšana; rašanās
Malay: percambahan	Dutch: ontkieming	Norwegian: spiring
Polish: kiełkowanie	Persian: به وجود آمدن و رشد	Pashto: ټوكېدنه
Portuguese: germinação	Romanian: germinare	Russian: прорастание;зарождение
Slovak: klíčenie	Slovenian: klitje	Serbian: klijanje
Swedish: groning, uppspirande	Thai: การเจริญเติบโต	Turkish: filizlenme, gelişme
Taiwanese: 萌芽	Ukrainian: проростання	Urdu: کونپل پھوٹنے کا عمل
Vietnamese: sự nảy mầm	Chinese: 萌芽
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