noun🔗ShareThe small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore."The corn germ within the kernel is where the new corn plant will begin to grow. "biologymicroorganismseedmedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA pathogenic microorganism."Washing your hands helps prevent the spread of germs that can make you sick. "medicinemicroorganismdiseasebiologyscienceorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ."My grandmother saved the cereal germ from the bottom of the box to plant in her garden. "seedfoodplantagriculturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe origin of an idea or project."the germ of civil liberty"mindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood."Even though their functions, f(x) = x and g(x) = x², are different everywhere except at zero, their germ at x=0 is the same, because they are equal in a small neighborhood around zero. "mathfunctionscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo germinate."The seeds will germ if you keep the soil moist. "plantbiologyseedagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo grow, as if parasitic."The idea for a new school club began as a small thought, but it quickly germed into a full-blown movement, attracting dozens of members. "biologyplantorganismmicroorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
