germination
1 synonym for germination, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The process of germinating: the point at which a seed or spore begins to grow, or the earliest development of an animal or plant germ.
Synonyms
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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...
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