Germinate
verb
When a seed or spore starts to grow.
The seeds will only germinate if they are kept in a warm, moist environment.
Often appears as...
- seeds germinate
- germinate in water
Usage tips
Technical
verb
When an idea or plan starts to develop or grow.
His plan began to germinate when he realized the potential of his invention.
Often appears as...
- ideas germinate
- plan germinates
verb
When a seed or spore starts to grow.
The seeds will only germinate if they are kept in a warm, moist environment.
Often appears as...
- seeds germinate
- germinate in water
Usage tips
Technical
verb
When an idea or plan starts to develop or grow.
His plan began to germinate when he realized the potential of his invention.
Often appears as...
- ideas germinate
- plan germinates
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Optimal Conditions
Describe necessary conditions like warmth and moisture for seed germination; not all seeds have the same requirements.
Your bean seeds will germinate faster if you ensure the soil is consistently moist.
Pro Tip 2/3Biological Process
Emphasize the natural, biological process; germination leads to plant growth.
Observe how the germination process transforms a tiny seed into a seedling.
Pro Tip 3/3Initial Stage
Indicate it's the beginning of growth, specifically the first stage where the plant emerges from the seed.
I was excited to see the seeds germinate and little sprouts poke through the soil.
Pro Tip 1/3Optimal Conditions
Describe necessary conditions like warmth and moisture for seed germination; not all seeds have the same requirements.
Your bean seeds will germinate faster if you ensure the soil is consistently moist.
Pro Tip 2/3Biological Process
Emphasize the natural, biological process; germination leads to plant growth.
Observe how the germination process transforms a tiny seed into a seedling.
Pro Tip 3/3Initial Stage
Indicate it's the beginning of growth, specifically the first stage where the plant emerges from the seed.
I was excited to see the seeds germinate and little sprouts poke through the soil.
Pro Tip 1/3Optimal Conditions
Describe necessary conditions like warmth and moisture for seed germination; not all seeds have the same requirements.
Your bean seeds will germinate faster if you ensure the soil is consistently moist.
Pro Tip 2/3Biological Process
Emphasize the natural, biological process; germination leads to plant growth.
Observe how the germination process transforms a tiny seed into a seedling.
Pro Tip 3/3Initial Stage
Indicate it's the beginning of growth, specifically the first stage where the plant emerges from the seed.
I was excited to see the seeds germinate and little sprouts poke through the soil.
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The sharks that hunt in...
so mangrove seedlings germinate attached to their mother plant. Once they've grown large enough to survive on their own, these partially developed plants begin to ride the current. Most take root nearby, while some travel for several months before landing in a different part of the world.
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Jonathan Drori: Why...
And this is a distributed network. So all around the world people are doing the same thing. And that enables us to develop germination protocols. That means that we know the right combination of heat and cold and the cycles that you have to get to make the seed germinate.
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Got seeds? Just add...
To start growing, it needs to emerge or sprout from inside this shell. This process is called germination. But just as it would be hard for you to get out of a jail cell with no windows and no doors, the embryo might need a little help escaping from its seed prison,
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
cassowary disappear forever from Australia which would be disastrous for this ancient rainforest the castle is crucial for the Daintree rainforest to survive their keystone species and this fruit in particular relies on the cassowary to germinate it goes through
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Why certain naturally...
After the fire, carbon-rich soils and an open sunlit landscape help lodgepole seeds germinate quickly and sprout in abundance. From the death of the old forest comes the birth of the new. Fires are also important for the wider ecosystem as a whole.
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Filming The World's...
to germinate it goes through cassery's gut and once it's done that it is obviously food out and it is able to grow in its own little pile of casserole fertilizer australia's wildlife is found nowhere else it's incredibly special so what i
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Life of Insects PIPE...
Australia collect seeds and snore them underground plants encourage them to do by adding a tasty capsule to their seeds that may seem odd but these ants don't eat all the seeds they store in fact seeds are more likely to germinate below
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Onward: Hawaii Botanist...
been coming up here and the seeds are good they germinate really want to get good genetic representation from every individual that we can find of these rare plants so when we find the plants we want to collect seed we that it's got
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Why isn't the world...
Dung from monkeys, wild pigs, and other animals is riddled with seeds from the fruits they eat. When beetles bury their dung balls, they inadvertently protect these seeds from predators and increase the likelihood they’ll germinate.
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Sir David Attenborough...
plants encourage them to do so by adding a tasty capsule to their seeds that may seem odd but these ants don't eat all the seeds they store in fact seeds are more likely to germinate below ground than above
Video examples
The sharks that hunt in...
so mangrove seedlings germinate attached to their mother plant. Once they've grown large enough to survive on their own, these partially developed plants begin to ride the current. Most take root nearby, while some travel for several months before landing in a different part of the world.
Video examples
Jonathan Drori: Why...
And this is a distributed network. So all around the world people are doing the same thing. And that enables us to develop germination protocols. That means that we know the right combination of heat and cold and the cycles that you have to get to make the seed germinate.
Video examples
Got seeds? Just add...
To start growing, it needs to emerge or sprout from inside this shell. This process is called germination. But just as it would be hard for you to get out of a jail cell with no windows and no doors, the embryo might need a little help escaping from its seed prison,
Video examples
Nature's Oddest Looking...
cassowary disappear forever from Australia which would be disastrous for this ancient rainforest the castle is crucial for the Daintree rainforest to survive their keystone species and this fruit in particular relies on the cassowary to germinate it goes through
Video examples
Why certain naturally...
After the fire, carbon-rich soils and an open sunlit landscape help lodgepole seeds germinate quickly and sprout in abundance. From the death of the old forest comes the birth of the new. Fires are also important for the wider ecosystem as a whole.
Video examples
Filming The World's...
to germinate it goes through cassery's gut and once it's done that it is obviously food out and it is able to grow in its own little pile of casserole fertilizer australia's wildlife is found nowhere else it's incredibly special so what i
Video examples
Life of Insects PIPE...
Australia collect seeds and snore them underground plants encourage them to do by adding a tasty capsule to their seeds that may seem odd but these ants don't eat all the seeds they store in fact seeds are more likely to germinate below
Video examples
Onward: Hawaii Botanist...
been coming up here and the seeds are good they germinate really want to get good genetic representation from every individual that we can find of these rare plants so when we find the plants we want to collect seed we that it's got
Video examples
Why isn't the world...
Dung from monkeys, wild pigs, and other animals is riddled with seeds from the fruits they eat. When beetles bury their dung balls, they inadvertently protect these seeds from predators and increase the likelihood they’ll germinate.
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
plants encourage them to do so by adding a tasty capsule to their seeds that may seem odd but these ants don't eat all the seeds they store in fact seeds are more likely to germinate below ground than above
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Ani DiFranco
American Musician
I did a lot of work with myself over the course of being pregnant and the first few months of being pregnant. It's nice, the pace of being pregnant; it gives you a long time to not just germinate a baby but germinate the mother that you're gonna be.
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Kenneth Oppel
Canadian Author
The seed for my novel 'Half Brother' was planted in my mind over twenty years ago, but didn't germinate until late 2007 when I came across the obituary for Washoe, an extraordinary chimpanzee who had learned over 250 words of American Sign Language.
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a rarified realm where no researcher has ever gone before.
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Robert W. Welch, Jr.
American Businessman
The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow.
Quote examples
Ani DiFranco
American Musician
I did a lot of work with myself over the course of being pregnant and the first few months of being pregnant. It's nice, the pace of being pregnant; it gives you a long time to not just germinate a baby but germinate the mother that you're gonna be.
Quote examples
Kenneth Oppel
Canadian Author
The seed for my novel 'Half Brother' was planted in my mind over twenty years ago, but didn't germinate until late 2007 when I came across the obituary for Washoe, an extraordinary chimpanzee who had learned over 250 words of American Sign Language.
Quote examples
Seth Shostak
American Scientist
The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a rarified realm where no researcher has ever gone before.
Quote examples
Robert W. Welch, Jr.
American Businessman
The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a great deal longer for those seeds to germinate and the plants to grow.
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