germ

Meaning of germ

noun
  1. The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.
  2. A pathogenic microorganism.
  3. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
  4. The origin of an idea or project.
    the germ of civil liberty
  5. An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
verb
  1. To germinate.
  2. To grow, as if parasitic.

Information about germ

  • The plural form of germ is: germs.
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Hyphenation of germ

germ

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • germ is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

germ synonyms

Meaning source:

source, seed

Meaning microbe:

microbe, bug

Translation of germ

Words that rhyme with germ

degerm, multigerm, ovigerm, monogerm, pathogerm, septogerm, wheatgerm

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