germination
0 synonyms and 0 antonyms for germination, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
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.
We haven't recorded synonyms for germination yet. You can still read its full definition, where it comes from, or words that rhyme with it.
Etymology
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, germinat...
Full origin of germination →