Pregerminated
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 germinated in advance of another procedure not-comparable
"The same procedure was followed for the cold + seeding-depth stress experiment, except that the pregerminated seeds were planted at a depth of 10cm, grown at 25°C for 10d, then incubated at 10°C for 6, 24, and 96hr before harvesting leaf tissues."
Example
More examples"The same procedure was followed for the cold + seeding-depth stress experiment, except that the pregerminated seeds were planted at a depth of 10cm, grown at 25°C for 10d, then incubated at 10°C for 6, 24, and 96hr before harvesting leaf tissues."
Etymology
From pre- + germinated.
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