germen
Americannoun
plural
germens, germinanoun
Etymology
Origin of germen
From Latin, dating back to 1595–1605; see origin at germ
Example Sentences
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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
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)
The pistil is generally divisible into the ovary or germen, the style and the stigma.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles
Inter odoriferas tamen has quas misimus herbas Purpureae violae nobile germen habent, Respirant pariter regali murice tinctae Et saturat foliis hinc odor, inde decor.
From Early Double Monasteries A Paper read before the Heretics' Society on December 6th, 1914 by Stoney, Constance
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
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