— germinable /jerr"meuh neuh beuhl/ , adj. — germination , n. — germinator , n.
/jerr"meuh nayt'/ , v. , germinated, germinating .
v.i.
1. to begin to grow or develop.
2. Bot.
a. to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb.
b. to put forth shoots; sprout; pullulate.
3. to come into existence; begin.
v.t.
4. to cause to develop; produce.
5. to cause to come into existence; create.
[ 1600-10; germinatus (ptp. of germinare to sprout, bud), equiv. to germin- (see GERMINAL) + -atus -ATE 1 ]