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Definition of Germinates
1. germinate [v] - See also: germinate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Germinates
Literary usage of Germinates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscope and its revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1891)
"... even in different species of the same genus, it germinates directly into a new
... each of these com-- and after a time germinates into a new ..."
2. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"... it pushes 4 its root through to the earth and germinates because of its vigour.
But we have said enough for study of the differences between roots. ..."
3. The New Student's Reference Work for Teachers, Students and Families by Chandler Belden Beach, Frank Morton McMurry (1917)
"When the ordinary spore of a moss germinates, it Protonema of a moss, showing a
bud (Jt) which is to give rise to the leafy branch. at first produces a ..."
4. Junior High School Mathematics by Walter Wilson Hart (1921)
"Represent by horizontal parallel segments the lengths of time that it takes seeds
to germinate if, on the average: bean germinates in 7 days; ..."
5. The Philistineby Taber, Harry Persons, 1865-, Elbert Hubbard by Taber, Harry Persons, 1865-, Elbert Hubbard (1908)
"the farmer sows his barley—every seed a living thine. Soon it germinates, sprouts
and ripens. ... germinates ..."
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