Geum vs Germ - What's the difference?

geum | germ |

As nouns the difference between geum and germ

is that geum is any of the genus of perennial herbaceous plants while germ is (uk|derogatory) a german person.

(wikipedia geum)

(en noun)

Any of the genus of perennial herbaceous plants.

* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 13, author=Anne Raver, title=A Tapestry of Color, Unfolding All Year, work=New York Times citation

, passage=The circles, which were ablaze with daffodils this spring, are now afloat with airy geum , cosmos, acidanthera and dahlias. }}

(en noun)

(biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.

A pathogenic microorganism.

The origin of an idea or project.

the germ of civil liberty

The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See .

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(en verb)

To germinate.

* Sir Walter Scott

O for a withering curse to blast the germing of their wicked machinations.

* Thomas Hardy

Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.

(slang) To grow, as if parasitic.

* "I’m addicted, want to germ inside your love" - Just Can't Get Enough by the Black Eyed Peas

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