GERM
/dอกสษหm/
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
G(2) E(1) R(1) M(3)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/dอกสษหm/
noun
- The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.
- A pathogenic microorganism.
- The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
- The origin of an idea or project.“the germ of civil liberty”
- An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
verb
- To germinate.
- To grow, as if parasitic.
Source: Wiktionary
