GERMINATION
\d͡ʒˌɜːmɪnˈe͡ɪʃən], \dʒˌɜːmɪnˈeɪʃən], \dʒ_ˌɜː_m_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of GERMINATION
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- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 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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By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The act of sprouting; the first beginning of vegetation in seed: germinal vesicle, in bot. and zool., a cell contained in the embryo-sac, from which the embryo is developed; the small vesicular body within the ovum or the yolk of the egg.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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