资料来源 : pyDict

发芽,萌芽,发生

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Germination \Ger`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. germinatio: cf. F.
   germination.]
   The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or
   growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs,
   either animal or vegetable.

   {Germination apparatus}, an apparatus for malting grain.

资料来源 : WordNet®

germination
     n 1: the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
          [syn: {sprouting}]
     2: the origin of some development; "the germination of their
        discontent"