germen

The globular part contains the pistil, which consists merely of a germen and stigma, together with the surrounding stamens.

Mr. Berkeley found no difficulty, and had the stem impregnated as well as the germen.

Germen oblong, striated, curved slightly outwards, but at length becoming erect and rugged.

So in Latin, canmen from cano was pronounced, and then written carmen; genmen from the obsolete γενω passed into germen.