Hypertext Webster Gateway: "germination"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Germination \Ger`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. germinatio: cf. F.
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.
{Germination apparatus}, an apparatus for malting grain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
germination
n : the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
[syn: {sprouting}]
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