germ

Usage

• germane

  An idea or remark is germane to a situation if it is connected to it in an important or fitting way.

• germ

  anything that provides inspiration for later work

• germanium

  a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors

• germicide

  an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease

• germinal

  containing seeds of later development

• germinate

  produce buds, branches, or germinate

• germination

  the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

• wheatgerm

  the nutritious heart of a kernel of wheat