Definition of germ

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Germ (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..

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Fomes :: Fomes (n.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites..
Reichsstand :: Reichsstand (n.) A free city of the former German empire.
Germ :: Germ (n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty..
Gymnasium :: Gymnasium (n.) A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind.
Batz :: Batz (n.) A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents..
Egerminate :: Egerminate (v. i.) To germinate.
Ablastemic :: Ablastemic (a.) Non-germinal.
Ovulist :: Ovulist (n.) A believer in the theory (called encasement theory), current during the last century, that the egg was the real animal germ, and that at the time of fecundation the spermatozoa simply gave the impetus which caused the unfolding of the egg, in which all generations were inclosed one within the other. Also called ovist..
Adlegation :: Adlegation (n.) A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
Emigration :: Emigration (n.) A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration..
Trias :: Trias (n.) The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata, which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, and Keuper..
Nascent :: Nascent (a.) Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ..
Hegelism :: Hegelism (n.) The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831)..
Archbutler :: Archbutler (n.) A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.
Viviparous :: Viviparous (a.) Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous..
Water Germander :: Water germander () A labiate plant (Teucrium Scordium) found in marshy places in Europe.
German :: German (n.) Of or pertaining to Germany.
Organogenesis :: Organogenesis (n.) The germ history of the organs and systems of organs, -- a branch of morphogeny..
Spelt :: Spelt (n.) A species of grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; -- called also German wheat.
German :: German (a.) Nearly related; closely akin.
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