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Germination

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the origin of some development wordnet
  3. 3
    the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow wordnet

Etymology

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

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