Germinate

Origin

Latin germinatus, past participle of germinare to sprout, from germin-, germen bud, germ

• 1610

Definitions

• 1: to come into being : evolve <before Western civilization began to germinate — A. L. Kroeber>
• 2: to begin to grow : sprout

Description

Germination is the process in which a plant or fungus emerges from a seed or spore, respectively, and begins growth. The most common example of germination is the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm or gymnosperm. However the growth of a sporeling from a spore, for example the growth of hyphae from fungal spores, is also germination. In a more general sense, germination can imply anything expanding into greater being from a small existence or germ.[1]