Germinate

(verb.) cause to grow or sprout; 'the plentiful rain germinated my plants'.

安托万整理

• Habit is hereditary with plants, as in the period of flowering, in the time of sleep, in the amount of rain requisite for seeds to germinate, etc. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Seeds which remain on our shelves do not germinate, but those which are planted in the soil do; so it is with the yeast plants. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• We cannot tell what seeds of the future may not be germinating already amidst our present confusions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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