germinate
When germination occurs, the covering should be removed at once.
Germination is slow and can take a month in cold soil.
The chemical kills weeds and prevents seed germination.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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anther
asexual reproduction
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barrenness
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germinate
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placentation
pollinate
pollination
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sexlessly
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Examples of germination

germination
None of the seeds cached in this study survived to germination.
Percentage values for germination and antioxidant activity were arcsinetransformed prior to analysis (untransformed data appear in all tables and figures).
After stratification treatment(s), all seeds were transferred to incubators to test for germination under the conditions described above.
Seeds were examined hourly for evidence of visible germination.
Visible germination was defined as radicle protrusion of 1 mm or more.
During the period between radicle emergence and hook formation, relations between cotyledon length and the time from visible germination were linear.
The criterion for seed germination was visible radicle protrusion.
However, they are not particularly apparent at 1 day of germination after priming and their role in the germination process per se is uncertain.
Germination and seedling growth of selected dry tropical forest species.
Factors limiting tropical rain forest regeneration in abandoned pasture: seed rain, seed germination, m icroclimate, and soil.
Factors limiting tropical rain forest regeneration in abandoned pasture: seed rain, seed germination, microclimate, and soil.
Perhaps an orderly sequence of metabolic events is necessary to 'set the stage' for germination.
The cytokinin or ethylene requirements for overcoming thermoinhibition of lettuce germination can also be eliminated or diminished by removing or weakening the endosperm.
Thus, in the absence of dormancy, delayed and slower rates of germination are evidence of reduced seed vigour and quality.
It was a physical feature that delayed germination until the cell walls broke and permitted the influx of water necessary for germination.
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