germen

[ jur-muhn ]

/ ˈdʒɜr mən /

noun, plural ger·mens, ger·mi·na [jur-muh-nuh]. /ˈdʒɜr mə nə/. Archaic.

a germ.

Origin of germen

From Latin, dating back to 1595–1605; see origin at germ

Words nearby germen

Germantown, German wirehaired pointer, Germany, germaphobe, germ cell, germen, germfree, germicide, germinability, germinal, germinal area

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Example sentences from the Web for germen

The globular part contains the pistil, which consists merely of a germen and stigma, together with the surrounding stamens.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe
Mr. Berkeley found no difficulty, and had the stem impregnated as well as the germen.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses|Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
Germen oblong, striated, curved slightly outwards, but at length becoming erect and rugged.
Lachesis Lapponica|Carl von Linn
So in Latin, canmen from cano was pronounced, and then written carmen; genmen from the obsolete γενω passed into germen.
Elements of Gaelic Grammar|Alexander Stewart

The pistil is generally divisible into the ovary or germen, the style and the stigma.
On the Origin of Species|Charles Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for germen

germen

/ (ˈdʒɜːmən) /

noun plural -mens or -mina (-mɪnə)

biology rare the mass of undifferentiated cells that gives rise to the germ cells

Word Origin for germen

C17: from Latin; see germ

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单词	germen
释义	germen [ jur-muhn ] / ˈdʒɜr mən / noun, plural ger·mens, ger·mi·na [jur-muh-nuh]. /ˈdʒɜr mə nə/. Archaic. a germ. Origin of germen From Latin, dating back to 1595–1605; see origin at germ Words nearby germen Germantown, German wirehaired pointer, Germany, germaphobe, germ cell, germen, germfree, germicide, germinability, germinal, germinal area Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for germen The globular part contains the pistil, which consists merely of a germen and stigma, together with the surrounding stamens. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe\|Edgar Allan Poe Mr. Berkeley found no difficulty, and had the stem impregnated as well as the germen. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses\|Mordecai Cubitt Cooke Germen oblong, striated, curved slightly outwards, but at length becoming erect and rugged. Lachesis Lapponica\|Carl von Linn So in Latin, canmen from cano was pronounced, and then written carmen; genmen from the obsolete γενω passed into germen. Elements of Gaelic Grammar\|Alexander Stewart The pistil is generally divisible into the ovary or germen, the style and the stigma. On the Origin of Species\|Charles Darwin British Dictionary definitions for germen germen / (ˈdʒɜːmən) / noun plural -mens or -mina (-mɪnə) biology rare the mass of undifferentiated cells that gives rise to the germ cells Word Origin for germen C17: from Latin; see germ Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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