Part 4778

<hw>Ger"mi*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Germ</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining or belonging to a germ; <as>as, the <ex>germinal</ex> vesicle</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Germinal layers</col> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <cd>the two layers of cells, the ectoblast and entoblast, which form respectively the outer covering and inner wall of the gastrula. A third layer of cells, the mesoblast, which is formed later and lies between these two, is sometimes included.</cd> -- <col>Germinal membrane</col>. <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <cd>Same as <er>Blastoderm</er>.</cd> -- <col>Germinal spot</col> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <cd>the nucleolus of the ovum.</cd> -- <col>Germinal vesicle</col>, <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <cd>, the nucleus of the ovum of animals.</cd></cs>

<h1>Germinal</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger`mi*nal"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Germ</er> .]</ety> <def>The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See <er>Vend\'90miaire</er>.</def>

<h1>Germinant</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger"mi*nant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>germinans</ets>, <ets>p. pr.</ets>]</ety> <def>Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.</def>

<h1>Germinate</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Germinated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Germinating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>germinatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>germinare</ets> to sprout, fr. <ets>germen</ets>. See <er>Germ</er>.]</ety> <def>To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Germinate</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger"mi*nate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to sprout.</def>

<i>Price (1610).</i>

<h1>Germination</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger`mi*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>germinatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>germination</ets>.]</ety> <def>The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.</def>

<cs><col>Germination apparatus</col>, <cd>an apparatus for malting grain.</cd></cs>

<h1>Germinative</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger"mi*na*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>germinatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to germination; having power to bud or develop.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Germinative spot</col>, <col>Germinative vesicle</col></mcol>. <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <cd>Same as <i>Germinal spot<i>, <i>Germinal vesicle<i>, under <er>Germinal</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Germiparity</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger`mi*par"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Germ</ets> + L. <ets>parere</ets> to produce.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproduction by means of germs.</def>

<h1>Germless</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Germ"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without germs.</def>

<h1>Germogen</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Ger"mo*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Germ</ets> + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed.</def> <i>Balfour</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.</def> <i>Balfour</i>.

<h1>Germ plasm</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Germ" plasm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Plasmogen</er>, and <er>Idioplasm</er>.</def>

<h1>Germule</h1> <Xpage=623>

<hw>Germ"ule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. fr. <ets>germ</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A small germ.</def>