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GERMINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The origin of some development
Example:
the germination of their discontent
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("germination" is a kind of...):
inception; origin; origination (an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events)
Derivation:
germinate (cause to grow or sprout)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
Synonyms:
germination; sprouting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
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)
Derivation:
germinate (produce buds, branches, or germinate)
germinate (cause to grow or sprout)
