germination [noun]

Definition of germination:

1. the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

2. the process of germinating

3. the similar development of a plant from the spore in cryptogams

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Sentence/Example of germination:

1. The effect on seedling germination is a well-known phenomenon in allelopathy.

2. The germination of this collaboration took shape quite casually over drinks.

3. It is said that a great number of the seeds were in the first stage of germination.

4. Temperature is most important for seed germination.

5. The poor germination of your seed could be because the soil was too cold.

6. The spore on germination forms a short filament which soon broadens out into the thalloid protonema.