noun The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ. The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
Derived terms: germectomy
noun The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
noun The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
Derived terms: germectomy
noun A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
noun The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
the germ of civil liberty
noun An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.