GERMINATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does germination mean? • GERMINATION (noun)
The noun GERMINATION has 2 senses:
1. the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
2. the origin of some development
Familiarity information: GERMINATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GERMINATION (noun)
Meaning:
The process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
germination; sprouting
Hypernyms ("germination" is a kind of...):
development; growing; growth; maturation; ontogenesis; ontogeny ((biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level)
Meaning:
The origin of some development
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Context example:
the germination of their discontent
Hypernyms ("germination" is a kind of...):
inception; origin; origination (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)
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