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The Meaning of germ

  • (n.) That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears.
  • (n.) That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty.
  • (v. i.) To germinate.

Synonyms

generator , rootage , seeded player , seed , bug , reference , informant , seminal fluid , beginning , semen , cum , root , microbe , come , source , ejaculate , author , origin , reservoir , hemipteran , hemipterous insect , glitch , hemipteron

Homophones

germe

Rhymes

affirm , berm , bookworm , confirm , cutworm , earthworm , endosperm , ferm , firm , from , germe , herm , hurm , infirm , long-term , midterm , reaffirm , reconfirm , schirm , sperm , squirm , term , therm , thurm , worm , wurm