Definition of germ

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Germ (n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty..

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Microphyte :: Microphyte (n.) A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algae, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be..
Kobold :: Kobold (n.) A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow..
Cytoblast :: Cytoblast (n.) The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place..
Ovum :: Ovum (n.) A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle..
Ekasilicon :: Ekasilicon (n.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor..
Medlar :: Medlar (n.) A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay..
Crucian Carp :: Crucian carp () A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to the common carp; -- called also German carp..
Germen :: Germen (n.) See Germ.
Germarium :: Germarium (n.) An organ in which the ova are developed in certain Turbellaria.
Baltic :: Baltic (a.) Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea..
Nascent :: Nascent (a.) Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ..
Digitain :: Digitain (n.) Any one of several extracts of foxglove (Digitalis), as the French extract, the German extract, etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties..
Seed :: Seed (n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant..
Sprunt :: Sprunt (v. i.) To spring up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.
Composition :: Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc..
Nucleoplasmic :: Nucleoplasmic (a.) Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm; -- esp. applied to a body formed in the developing ovum from the plasma of the nucleus of the germinal vesicle.
Propagulum :: Propagulum (n.) A runner terminated by a germinating bud.
Germogen :: Germogen (n.) The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.
Germans :: Germans (pl. ) of Germa.
Archtreasurer :: Archtreasurer (n.) A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire..
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