Germination is the first sprouting of a seed. Germination rate, poor germination, days to germination.
Gardeners judge seed by the germination rate on the packet, which is the percentage that can be expected to come up. Some seeds need a cold spell first, which is why they are put in the fridge before sowing.
1noungerminationThe first sprouting of a seed.
“Soaking the beans overnight speeds up germination.”
germination is a process.
Latin germinatio comes from germen, a shoot or sprout.
Latin
germen — shoot, sprout, bud
English, today
germination
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From oblique stem of Latin germen (“shoot, sprout, bud”) -ation, from Latin germinātiō (“sprouting, budding, growing”), from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen (“shoot, sprout, bud”). by surface analysis, germinate + -ion.
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