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germination
Germination (noun) means the process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
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The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
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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, germinate + -ion.
Rhymes for germination
region
ablation
allusion
emulsion
ideation
novation
abortion
abrasion
diffusion
elocution
extension
oxidation
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"germination" (noun) means the process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.