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- Germination - n. - The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
- Seed - n. - A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
- Steep - n. - Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
- Malt - n. - Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in brewing and in the distillation of whisky.
- Sterilize - v. t. - To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile.
- Spore - n. - A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc.
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- G5449 φύσις - 5449 φύσις - ΦΎΣΙΣ - - phýsis - foo'-sis - from φύω; growth (by germination or expansion), i.e. (by implication) natural production (lineal descent); by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native disposition, constitution or usage:--(man-)kind, nature(-al). - Noun Feminine - greek