What does "germination" mean?

The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

Germination

Common synonyms include: sprouting, development, emergence rate, flower, germinating, germination percentage.

noun

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Noun

1
The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable. countable, uncountable
"Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination."
2
the origin of some development wordnet
3
the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow wordnet

"Seeds need germination operation to germinate."

Borrowed from Latin germinātiō, By surface analysis, germinate + -ion.