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germination

[jurm-uhn-ayshuhn] / ˌdʒɜrm ənˈeɪʃən /








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The germination of taverns, eating houses, crafts and industries to cater to this commerce generated a culture replete with folklore, songs, literature and art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

"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 "staggered" germination was the plant's way to ensure survival over the long haul.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024

Kids get a firsthand look at plant science, from seed germination to the wonders of pollination.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

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

Furthermore, the subjects of the vegetable kingdom derive their germinations from influx out of the spiritual world.

From Heaven and its Wonders and Hell by John Ager

Dry-farmers try to provide against this danger by using an unusually large amount of seed, assuming that a certain amount will fail to come up because of the repeated partial germinations.

From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe

This alone will stop the germinations of sin, and check wickedness in its conception.

From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 by Aaron Walker

Two separate frosts, during a century otherwise so full of movement as the sixteenth in England, repressed and killed all germinations of free intellectual or social intercourse amongst ourselves.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 by Thomas De Quincey

The Conflict of Conscience is worthy of notice as being one of the earliest germinations of the Historical Drama.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Henry Norman Hudson




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