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Origin
Latin germinatus, past participle of germinare to sprout, from germin-, germen bud, germ
Definitions
- 1: to come into being : evolve <before Western civilization began to germinate — A. L. Kroeber>
- 2: to begin to grow : sprout
Description
Germination is the process in which a plant or fungus emerges from a seed or spore, respectively, and begins growth. The most common example of germination is the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm or gymnosperm. However the growth of a sporeling from a spore, for example the growth of hyphae from fungal spores, is also germination. In a more general sense, germination can imply anything expanding into greater being from a small existence or germ.[1]