Germination

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  • germination
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  • The beginning or the process of development of a spore or seed.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Germination is the process by which an organism grows from a seed or spore. The term is applied to the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm or gymnosperm, the growth of a sporeling from a spore, such as the spores of fungi, ferns, bacteria, and the growth of the pollen tube from the pollen grain of a seed plant.

    発芽（はつが、英:germination）とは、植物の種子やむかごなどから芽が出ること、また、胞子や花粉などが活動を始めることを指す用語である。似た用語に萌芽（ほうが）があるが、これは通常樹木の冬芽や切り株からの芽生えのことを指す。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Germination)