germination : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: germination	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for germination
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
germination n the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow Synonym(s): germination, sprouting the origin of some development; "the germination of their discontent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Germination \Ger`mina"tion\, n. [L. germinatio: cf. F. germination.] The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable. {Germination* apparatus}, an apparatus for malting grain.