c. 1600, probably a back-formation from germination. Figurative use from 1640s. Related: Germinated; germinating. Earlier germynen (mid-15c.) was from Old French germiner or directly from Latin germin [..]

To become a naturalized German citizen (from an 11-year-old's science test).

When a seed sprouts and begins its growth cycle.

When something begins to sprout

The process of a seedling sprouting from a seed.

When a seed sprouts and a plant begins to grow.

The beginning of growth for a seed; root (radical) emergence

The process that transforms the embryo within a seed into a seedling.

The process of a seedling sprouting from a seed.

The process of a seed sprouting. Germination

to begin to grow, or sprout, from a seed.

To develop a young plant from seed.

v. To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.

(v) produce buds, branches, or germinate(v) work out(v) cause to grow or sprout

To begin to grow.

To begin growth of a seed or spore.

to grow or sprout

When seeds start to grow by putting out shoots and roots (can also apply to fungi).

(botany,horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves. (Weekend),date=5 April 2014|page=W22|passage=Orchids rely on fungi to reproduce. Their tiny seeds don't have any on-bo [..]