germination
1GERMINATION — En biologie végétale, la germination se définit, à quelques nuances près, comme le «phénomène par lequel l’embryon croît en utilisant les réserves de la graine; la germination peut être considérée comme terminée lorsque la plantule est autotrophe …
2Germination — is the process whereby growth emerges from a period of dormancy. 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… …
3Germination — Ger mi*na tion, n. [L. germinatio: cf. F. germination.] The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable. [1913 Webster] {Germination apparatus}, an… …
4Germination — (v. lat.), das Keimen, Sprossen …
5Germination — (lat.), das Keimen, Keimzeit; germinieren, keimen, sprossen …
6Germination — Germination, lat. deutsch, das Keimen. Sprossen …
7germination — index development (progression), growth (evolution) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8germination — mid 15c., from L. germinationem (nom. germinatio) sprouting forth, budding, noun of action from pp. stem of germinare to sprout, put forth shoots, from germen (gen. germinis) a sprout or bud (see GERM (Cf. germ)) …
9Germination — Pour la germination en science des matériaux (métallurgie), voir l article Précipité  . Germination épigée de graines de tournesol La germinati …
10germination — See germinate. * * * Sprouting of a seed, spore, or other reproductive body, usually after a period of dormancy. Absorption of water, passage of time, chilling, warming, oxygen availability, and light exposure may all operate in initiating the… …
