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Word: Germinate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Latin germinat- ‘sprouted forth, budded’, from the verb germinare, from germen, germin- ‘sprout, seed’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʒəːmɪneɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a seed or spore) begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy.
Short Definition:(of seed or spore) begin to grow and put out shoots after period of dormancy
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