To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ
If an idea, plan, or feeling germinates, it comes into existence and begins to develop. He wrote to Eliot about a `big book' that was germinating in his mind
If a seed germinates or if it is germinated, it starts to grow. Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so First, the researchers germinated the seeds. + germination ger·mi·na·tion The poor germination of your seed could be because the soil was too cold
Initial growth of the embryo from a seed or spore in which the radicle and shoot or hypha protrude from the seed or spore In the case of parasite seeds already the development of a germ tube is called germination
The stage in the beer-making process in which the steeped barley grains are drained and allowed to sprout for seven to nine days Goldings Hops: Noble English hops grown in East Kent, England, used to make Samuel Adams ales Named after the farmer who originally identified the hop type German Beer Purity Law/Reinheitsgebot: A law dating back to 1516, requiring beer to be totally pure with only water, yeast, malt, and hops allowed as ingredients Gueuze: A Belgian beer style that blends a fresh lambic with an old lambic, creating a second fermentation
Sprouting of a seed, spore, or other reproductive body, usually after a period of dormancy. Absorption of water, passage of time, chilling, warming, oxygen availability, and light exposure may all operate in initiating the germination process. The carefully controlled mass germination of cereal seeds supplies enzymes for the making of alcoholic beverages and for other industries; spores of the commercially cultivated mushroom Agaricus brunescens are also mass germinated
The breaking of the seed coat followed by the protrusion of the hypocotyl (that part of the axis of a plant embryo or seedling below the first leaf or pair or whorl of leaves developed by the embryo of a seed plant) forming a root system
A seed will germinate, or sprout, when conditions are right for survival These conditions include: adequate moisture, heat, and/or light The germinating seed sends its first root (radicle) into the soil and the first stem with the first leaves (cotyledon) toward the sun Some seeds require pretreatment before they will germinate See also imbibition
is important to getting a stand The analysis tag will show the percent of pure seed that will produce normal plants under favorable field conditions Producers should look for high germination and high pure seed when purchasing seed PLS can be used to determine the seeding rate necessary for an acceptable stand