GERMINATION
\d͡ʒˌɜːmɪnˈe͡ɪʃən], \dʒˌɜːmɪnˈeɪʃən], \dʒ_ˌɜː_m_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of GERMINATION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
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The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
By Noah Webster.
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The initial stages of the growth of a seed into a seedling. The embryonic shoot (plumule) and embryonic root (radicle) emerge and grow upwards and downwards respectively. Food reserves for germination come from endosperm tissue within the seed and/or from the seed leaves (cotyledons). (Concise Dictionary of Biology, 1990)
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