Germination Meaning
/dʒˌɜrməˈneɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
Sentence Examples
Seeds need germination operation to germinate.
The germination of both seeds of a bur of Xanthium in one season is exceptional.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The biological process of ____ begins when a seed first absorbs water.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the forest after the wildfire was a slow but steady process that took several decades.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination."
— 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The biological process of ____ begins when a seed first absorbs water.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the forest after the wildfire was a slow but steady process that took several decades.