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Germinate vs Propagule - What's the difference?

germinate | propagule |

As a verb germinate

is to sprout or produce buds.

As a noun propagule is

a reproductive particle released by an organism that may germinate into another.

germinate

English

Verb

  • To sprout or produce buds.
  • (Francis Bacon)
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  • To cause to grow.
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  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.}}

    Anagrams

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    propagule

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A reproductive particle released by an organism that may germinate into another.
  • See also

    *bud *gemma *seed *spore