noun
1. the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
• Syn: ↑sprouting
• Hypernyms: ↑growth, ↑growing, ↑maturation, ↑development, ↑ontogeny, ↑ontogenesis
2. the origin of some development
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the germination of their discontent
• Derivationally related forms: ↑germinate
• Hypernyms: ↑origin, ↑origination, ↑inception
Useful english dictionary. 2012.