germ tube

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noun

botany a tube produced by a germinating spore, such as the pollen tube produced by a pollen grain

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germline insertion, germ plasm, germproof, germs, germ theory, germ tube, germ warfare, germy, Gernsback, gerodontics, Gérôme

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How to use germ tube in a sentence

With the help of mobility aids and a feeding tube, she lived well past her initial prognosis of death by age 4.
U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life|Elizabeth Picciuto|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That incident was due to an “equipment” problem (a steel tube ruptured)—resulting in explosive vapors being released and ignited.
Oil Tankers Leaking into Seattle’s Water|Bill Conroy|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For hoodie-clad, Silicon Valley-types, this means more transistors in a dense integrated tube.
How We Compute: Flexible Hardware Required||September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With shorts, a man is expected to wear ankle socks rather than pulled up tube socks.
The Problem With Weird Al’s ‘Word Crimes’ Video|John McWhorter|July 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Also, because a tube of lipstick stands in for the “i” in “science.”
Girls Love Science. We Tell Them Not To.|Tauriq Moosa|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Should the vapor not condense well, the test-tube may be immersed in a glass of cold water.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
At once cover the mouth of the tube with a filter-paper cap moistened with saturated aqueous solution of silver nitrate (1:1).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd