Definitions for germination
ger·mi·na·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. germination, sproutingnoun

   the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

2. germinationnoun

   the origin of some development

   "the germination of their discontent"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. germinationnoun

   The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Germinationnoun

   The act of sprouting or shooting; growth.

   Etymology: germination, French, from germinate.

   For acceleration of germination, we refer it over unto the place, where we shall handle the subject of plants generally. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   The duke of Buckingham had another kind of germination; and surely, had he been a plant, he would have been reckoned among the sponte nascentes. Henry Wotton.

   There is but little similitude between a terreous humidity and plantal germinations. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 25.

   Suppose the earth should be carried to the great distance of Saturn; there the whole globe would be one frigid zone; there would be no life, no germination. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Germination

   Germination is the process by which an organism grows from a seed or spore. The term is applied to the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm or gymnosperm, the growth of a sporeling from a spore, such as the spores of fungi, ferns, bacteria, and the growth of the pollen tube from the pollen grain of a seed plant.

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1. germination

   Germination is the process by which a plant or fungus emerges from a seed or spore and begins growth. It involves the reactivation of metabolic machinery that leads to growth resulting in the production of a seedling. It usually happens when the seed absorbs water, swells and breaks through with a sprouting root or shoot.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. Germinationnoun

   the process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable

2. Etymology: [L. germinatio: cf. F. germination.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Germination

   Germination is the process by which plants, fungi and bacteria emerge from seeds and spores, and begin growth. The most common example of germination is the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm or gymnosperm. However the growth of a sporeling from a spore, for example the growth of hyphae from fungal spores, is also germination. In a more general sense, germination can imply anything expanding into greater being from a small existence or germ, a method that is commonly used by many seed germination projects.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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)

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of germination in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of germination in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=germination
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Germination
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=germination
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germination
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/germination
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=germination