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germen
[ jur-muhn ]
germen
/ ˈdʒɜːmən /
noun
- rare.biology the mass of undifferentiated cells that gives rise to the germ cells
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Word History and Origins
Origin of germen1
C17: from Latin; see germ
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Example Sentences
Mr. Berkeley found no difficulty, and had the stem impregnated as well as the germen.
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So in Latin, canmen from cano was pronounced, and then written carmen; genmen from the obsolete γενω passed into germen.
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The globular part contains the pistil, which consists merely of a germen and stigma, together with the surrounding stamens.
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Germen oblong, striated, curved slightly outwards, but at length becoming erect and rugged.
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In P. farinosa the germen is broadly obovate and the stigma capitate; here the germen is globose and the stigma has five points.
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