germinate
to begin to grow or develop.
Botany.
to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb.
to put forth shoots; sprout; pullulate.
to come into existence; begin.
to cause to develop; produce.
to cause to come into existence; create.
Origin of germinate
1Other words from germinate
- ger·mi·na·ble [jur-muh-nuh-buhl], /ˈdʒɜr mə nə bəl/, adjective
- ger·mi·na·tion, noun
- ger·mi·na·tor, noun
- non·ger·mi·nat·ing, adjective
- non·ger·mi·na·tion, noun
- re·ger·mi·nate, verb, re·ger·mi·nat·ed, re·ger·mi·nat·ing.
- re·ger·mi·na·tion, noun
- un·ger·mi·nat·ed, adjective
- un·ger·mi·nat·ing, adjective
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How to use germinate in a sentence
Most are edible and germinate in the conventional way, starting life as a seedling and growing upward.
They’ll germinate in roughly two weeks, with the first harvest six weeks later.
Grow your own indoor garden with this deal on a hydroponic system | Quinn Gawronski | July 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceOne of those seeds gets carried across an ocean to a new, unvegetated continent where it germinates and becomes the founder species for plant life.
A Wrinkle in Nature Could Lead to Alien Life - Issue 99: Universality | Caleb Scharf | April 21, 2021 | NautilusOreskes describes how major science advances germinated and weaves those accounts with deeply researched stories of backstabbing colleagues, attempted coups at oceanographic institutions and daring deep-sea adventures.
A new book explores how military funding shaped the science of oceanography | Alka Tripathy-Lang | April 16, 2021 | Science NewsThe post-Harden Rockets exist as a shell-encased seed, hurt by injury but ready to germinate.
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Texas may be a testing ground, but it is in Silicon Valley that ideas germinate and incubate.
But without a reasonable expectation that security will materialize, better governance will not germinate.
That sent to Sind, though said to have been carefully sown, also failed to germinate.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.More thinking, and a greater experience of life, may cause him to germinate agreeably in a few years.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusDoes anyone know for sure how to get pawpaw seed to germinate?
This is a seed of such force and vitality, that it does not ask our leave to germinate.
A Plea for Captain John Brown | Henry David ThoreauThe spores of a heartwood-inhabiting fungus cannot germinate and thrive unless they fall upon the heartwood of the tree.
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British Dictionary definitions for germinate
/ (ˈdʒɜːmɪˌneɪt) /
to cause (seeds or spores) to sprout or (of seeds or spores) to sprout or form new tissue following increased metabolism
to grow or cause to grow; develop
to come or bring into existence; originate: the idea germinated with me
Origin of germinate
1Derived forms of germinate
- germinable or germinative, adjective
- germination, noun
- germinator, noun
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