germen
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Origin of germen
From Latin, dating back to 1595–1605; see origin at germ
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"In P. farinosa the germen is broadly obovate and the stigma capitate; here the germen is globose and the stigma has five points."
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John
But the stamens, being shorter than the germen, cannot discharge the pollen so as to throw it upon the stigma, as the flower stands always upright till after impregnation.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Poe, Edgar Allan
The germen becomes a round woody capsule, compressed at the ends like an orange, divided into twelve cells, each containing a flat oblong seed.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
Mr. Berkeley found no difficulty, and had the stem impregnated as well as the germen.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Mr. Fairbairn, to whose abilities and industry the Companies Garden at Chelsea is indebted for its present flourishing state, being desirous of obtaining ripe seeds, I had no opportunity of examining the germen.
From The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 4 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed by Curtis, William
Crack nature's molds, all germens spill at once, That make ingrateful men!
From Shakspere, Personal Recollections by Joyce, John A.
Crack nature's moulds, all germens spill at once, That make ingrateful man! and Shakespeare's judgment on the worth of existence that we hear in Lear's agonised cry, 'No, no, no life!'?
From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)
It was as if the treasure of Nature's germens were tumbling all together.
From Stephen Archer and Other Tales by MacDonald, George
In the light of such a thought, we can see how Nature might, when solitary Adam lived, fulfil Lear's wild conjuration, and "All the germens spill At once that make ingrateful man."
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
Crack nature's moulds, all germens spill at once That make ungrateful man....
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
The germina of resurrection are concealed in extinct bodies, as in the blood of men; the ashes of roses will again revive into roses, though smaller and paler than if they had been planted.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
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