Germination: alternatives and connections

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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of Grow

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The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

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Beginning; commencement; initiation.

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The process of bringing, or of coming, to maturity; hence, specifically, the process of suppurating perfectly; the formation of pus or matter.

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Alt. of Ontogeny

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The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in…

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The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

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To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

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To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.

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of Sprout

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