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germination

[jurm-uhn-ayshuhn] / ˌdʒɜrm ənˈeɪʃən /








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"They wanted to play and build stuff. They were making houses or ships or scenery, and they wanted to jump in, and all of that learning was the germination of Roblox," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

This research provides valuable information about how plants reproduce and has the potential to benefit agricultural breeding by increasing seed production and improving germination rates.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

While thinning can reduce fuels, burning also provides ecological benefits not provided by thinning alone, like creating growing space and receptive seedbeds, promoting germination of seeds stored in soil and increasing nutrient availability.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2024

The ecosystem’s success once relied on periodic fires, which would promote germination of pine seeds and reduce invasive plants, among other benefits.

From National Geographic • Dec. 7, 2023

For example, the Mediterranean crops that became Egypt’s staples require winter rains and seasonal variation in day length for their germination.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond