0 present participle of germinate
1 to (cause a seed to) start growing:
The beans will only germinate if the temperature is warm enough.
2 to start developing:
To date, studies on seeds have failed to provide an enzyme as a transitional developmental marker between the dormant and germinating states.
Germinating seeds were counted and removed daily for 1 week, and then weekly for a further 4 weeks, until germination had ceased.
For example, in normal circumstances, only haploids begin growth by germinating from a spore.
Because the latter phenomenon is so closely tied to environmental attributes, the physical surroundings of germinating seeds will be discussed first.
This category includes perennial herbs and shrubs, mainly germinating during autumn and winter but maintaining a small, short-term persistent seed bank.
Rapidly germinating species were considered to be those that required <20 days to reach 50% of the seeds germinated in experiments.
In germinating seeds, the leakage of electrolytes is immediately minimized, due to the re-establishment of membrane integrity to prevent further leakage.
During imbibition of germinating soybean seeds, water from the strong and multi-molecular sites exchanges to the weak binding sites.
