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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)

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