Germ Synonyms & Definitions

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• GermDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) 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.
2. (v. i.) To germinate.
3. (n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty.
4. (n.) 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.

• GermanderDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A plant of the genus Teucrium (esp. Teucrium Chamaedrys or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs.