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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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  1. n. The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
  2. n. the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
  3. n. the origin of some development
  4. The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable. Germination apparatus, an apparatus for malting grain.
  5. The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation orgrowth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, eitheranimal or vegetable. Germination apparatus, an apparatus for maltinggrain.
  6. n:100 n. the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow n. the origin of some development