🇬🇧 Germination meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Germination is the process when a seed wakes up and begins to grow into a plant. It needs water, the right temperature, and sometimes sunlight to start growing. During germination, the seed cracks open, roots go down, and a tiny shoot pops up toward the sky.

My plant’s germination was going great—until my baby sister watered it with juice.

I tried to grow a pizza tree. No germination, but I did get hungry.

The seed’s germination was so slow, I aged three years waiting.

Germination: when a seed says, “Let’s do this!” and turns into a green plant.

I planted jellybeans by mistake. Still no germination, but now the ants are partying.

She planted one seed in damp soil and waited. Each morning she checked; germination teased the surface, germination pushed a pale root, germination nudged a green tip, germination split the shell. She cupped the tiny sprout, smiled at the quiet germination that turned the small seed into a living leaf, and laughed.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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