germinate
Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
Other meanings
To cause to grow; to produce.
Synonyms
- sprout
Related words
- autogerminate
- degerminator
- germinative
- ingerminate
- nongerminated
- pregerminated
- regerminate
- ungerminated
- ungerminating
Word history
From Latin "germen" (shoot, sprout, bud).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “germinate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.