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单词 germinance
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germinancen.

Brit. /ˈdʒəːmᵻnəns/, U.S. /ˈdʒərmənəns/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: germinant adj., -ance suffix.
Etymology: < germinant adj.: see -ance suffix. Compare earlier germination n.
Now rare.
= germination n. Only in figurative contexts and figurative.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > sprouting or germination
shutea1300
springinga1387
bearinga1398
germination?1440
springing1531
sprouting1547
blading1548
shoot1572
sprout1586
spring1597
putting1623
eruption1626
spindling1626
germinating1644
spearing1707
spiring1733
flushing1810
plantulation1819
germing1832
germinance1841
stooling1854
coming up1908
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iv. xxviii. 224 The Jewish nation was as a vessel of little worth in itself..which derived all its dignity from its being used as a depository and protection for a Divine Seed..and..when the fulness of time was come for the germinance and growth of that which it was meant merely to shelter and enclose, the instrument of protection was necessarily broken in order to allow of the expansion of the plant.
1868 Brit. Q. Rev. Oct. 576 The historical proof of the growth of the hierarchical spirit is interesting and careful, but we cannot fail to remark that this change was synchronous with a multitude of other changes, and the germinance of the seeds.
1908 H. M. Alden Mag. Writing & New Lit. ii. viii. 212 Every living thing which sprang from Earth's treasury of darkness—tree, plant, or flower—was associated with them [sc. the dead], as if owing germinance to their potence.
1919 W. F. Allen Monogr. 65 And here the Great Physician ever stands His heart abrim with germinance of peace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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