*1: to come into [[being]] : evolve <before [[Western civilization]] began to germinate — A. L. Kroeber>
*1: to come into [[being]] : evolve <before [[Western civilization]] began to germinate — A. L. Kroeber>
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*2: to begin to [[grow]] : [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting sprout]
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*2: to begin to [[grow]] : [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting sprout]
==Description==
==Description==
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'''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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting sprouting] of a seedling from a [[seed]] of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant angiosperm] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnosperm 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]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germination]
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'''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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting sprouting] of a seedling from a [[seed]] of an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant angiosperm] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnosperm 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]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germination]