germ
/d͡ʒɜːm/ · noun
Meaning
- The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.
- A pathogenic microorganism.
- The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
- The origin of an idea or project.
- An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
- To germinate.
- To grow, as if parasitic.
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