germinabilityn.
/ˌdʒəːmᵻnəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌdʒərmənəˈbɪlᵻdi/ The ability to germinate; the readiness with which seeds or spores germinate.
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1890 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 59 81 The orange yellow teleutospores were evidently just formed, and, indeed, but for their ready germinability, would be described as immature spores.
1912 M. G. Kains Culinary Herbs 79 These seeds, which retain their germinability about three years..may be sown where the plants are to stay, at any season, about eight weeks before a crop is desired.
1968 Times 7 May 8/4 The two Japanese scientists were able to distinguish between rape seeds with good and poor germinability and dead seeds.
2001 Nature 22 Nov. 406/2 Passage through the gut can increase the germinability of seeds, a quality known to feature in plant ecological strategies.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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