germen /jerˈmən/ or germin /jerˈmin/ (Shakespeare germain or germaine /-mān/)

1. A rudiment, germ
2. A shoot (obsolete)
3. The ovary in a flower (obsolete)

• shellacking
• shellackings
• shellacs
• shellback
• shellbacks
• shellbark
• shellbarks
• shell bean
• shell beans
• she'll be right
• shellbound
• shell companies
• shell company
• shell-crater
• shell-craters
• shelldrake
• shellduck
• shelled
• sheller
• shellers
• shellfire
• shellfires
• shellfish
• shellfishes
• shellful