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noun
The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the origin of some development
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: origin, origination, inception
noun
the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sprouting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
History
From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ation, from Latin germinātiō, germinātiōnem (“sprouting, budding, growing”), from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”). By surface analysis, germinate + -ion.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
