Germination

(noun.) the origin of some development; 'the germination of their discontent'.

(noun.) the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow.

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• Manufacturing of malt by the pneumatic process, and stirring malt during germination, are among the improvements. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The result was that 18/98 of his seeds of different kinds floated for forty-two days, and were then capable of germination. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• And now we have traced also the first germination of the idea of a _world polity_. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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