germination
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"It has been an extremely tough growing season with water shortages, drought, no rainfall, slow germination in the heat, flowers going over too quickly," explains Rebecca, from Lilac and Lace Floral Design.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The germination of taverns, eating houses, crafts and industries to cater to this commerce generated a culture replete with folklore, songs, literature and art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
During dry years, no wildflowers appear above ground, but the seeds remain dormant until rain stimulates germination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
This "staggered" germination was the plant's way to ensure survival over the long haul.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
Hence many annual plants have evolved to hedge their bets by means of germination inhibitors, which make seeds initially dormant and spread out their germination over several years.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
This alone will stop the germinations of sin, and check wickedness in its conception.
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 by Aaron Walker
It is interesting to mark, as we can in history, first, the feeble germinations of a papal dogma; next, its waxing growth; and at last, after the lapse of centuries, its full development and maturity.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by James Aitken Wylie
Two separate frosts, during a century otherwise so full of movement as the sixteenth in England, repressed and killed all germinations of free intellectual or social intercourse amongst ourselves.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 by Thomas De Quincey
Furthermore, the subjects of the vegetable kingdom derive their germinations from influx out of the spiritual world.
From Heaven and its Wonders and Hell by John Ager
The Conflict of Conscience is worthy of notice as being one of the earliest germinations of the Historical Drama.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Henry Norman Hudson
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