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germ
(/dZ//[@]/rm )

noun (n)

  • anything that provides inspiration for later work(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    seed, source
    source: wordnet30
  • a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism(noun.body)
    source: wordnet30
  • a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use(noun.animal)
    Synonym:
    bug, microbe
    source: wordnet30
  • That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • The germ cells, collectively, as distinguished from the somatic cells, or soma. Germ is often used in place of germinal to form phrases; as, germ area, germ disc, germ membrane, germ nucleus, germ sac, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • To germinate.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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