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==Origin==
[[Latin]] ''germinatus'', past participle of ''germinare'' to sprout, from ''germin''-, ''germen'' bud, [[germ]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1610]
==Definitions==
*1: to come into [[being]] : evolve <before [[Western civilization]] began to germinate — A. L. Kroeber>
*2: to begin to [[grow]] : [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting 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 [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]
[[Category: Botany]]
==Origin==
[[Latin]] ''germinatus'', past participle of ''germinare'' to sprout, from ''germin''-, ''germen'' bud, [[germ]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1610]
==Definitions==
*1: to come into [[being]] : evolve <before [[Western civilization]] began to germinate — A. L. Kroeber>
*2: to begin to [[grow]] : [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting 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 [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]
[[Category: Botany]]
