germination
/ˌdʒɜːɹ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
germination noun: the process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
Noun
germination (countable and uncountable, plural germinations)
- The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
- Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5
germination meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
germination in Hindi
- process of germinating
- अंकुरण aṅkuraṇ
germination in Tamil
- அரும்புதல், முளைத்தல், முளை வளர்ச்சி, தண்டு முளைக்கும் தன்மை
germination in Urdu
- نمو, اگاؤ, اپج
germination in Kannada
- ಮೊಳಸು, ಮೊಳೆಯುವಿಕೆ, ಅಂಕುರಣ, ಚಿಗುರುವಿಕೆ, ಅರಳುವಿಕೆ
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- germination in Arabic
- اِنْتَاش intāš
Examples of germination in a sentence
- It inhibited zoospore release, cystospore germination, lesion formation, lesion expansion, sporangiophore development and sporangial production.
- This low temperature requirement for flowering, called vernalization, begins at germination.
- These sclerotia are important phytopathologically, because they can infect the host tissues by germination or producing conidia.
Forms of germination
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Origin of germination
From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ation, from Latin germinātiō, germinātiōnem (“sprouting, budding, growing”), from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”). By surface analysis, germinate + -ion.
Words formed from germination
Words that rhyme with germination
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about germination
- What does germination mean?
- Germination means the process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
- What is germination in Hindi?
- Germination in Hindi is अंकुरण (aṅkuraṇ). See Germination meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is germination?
- Germination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce germination?
- Germination is pronounced /ˌdʒɜːɹ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of germination?
- The plural of germination is germinations.
Words near germination in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: germination (page history and authors); germination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); germination (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); germination (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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