germinating
Seeds starting life
Germinating describes seeds or spores beginning to sprout and develop into plants.
The process starts when conditions—moisture, warmth, light—trigger growth from dormancy.
Figuratively, ideas or plans germinate when they start taking shape: A scheme had been germinating in her mind for weeks.
The noun is germination.
Developing from an outgrowth
- emergingComing into view
- nascentBeginning to develop
- incipientStarting to develop
- dawningFirst light emerging
fledgling · embryonic · burgeoning · developing · forming · stirring · awakening · kindling
Embryonic plant root
- plumuleEmbryonic plant shoot
- cotyledonEmbryonic leaf in seeds
- rootletSmall branching plant fiber
- shootDischarge or capture
embryo · propagation · rooting · dormancy · viability · sowing · nursery · soil
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- revivalReturn after decline
reawakening · renaissance · revitalization · regrowth · rekindling · restoration · renewal · transformation
Asexual reproductive cell
- myceliumFungal filament network
- hyphaeFungal filamentous structures
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- fruitingProducing edible growth
spawn · inoculation · colonization · mushroom · mold · yeast · fermentation
budding
Developing from an outgrowth
dawning · fledgling · embryonic · burgeoning · developing · forming · stirring · awakening · kindling · brewing
radicle
Embryonic plant root
shoot · embryo · propagation · rooting · dormancy · viability · sowing · nursery · soil · moisture
rebirth
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
revival · reawakening · renaissance · revitalization · regrowth · rekindling · restoration · renewal · transformation
spore
Asexual reproductive cell
- myceliumFungal filament network
- hyphaeFungal filamentous structures
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
fruiting · spawn · inoculation · colonization · mushroom · mold · yeast · fermentation
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- gardening termsgrowing, blooming, wilting, pruning, grafting
- farmworkharvesting, farmworkers, planting, farm labor, crop farming
- growth stagesmature, immature, developing, adult, juvenile
- spring growthflowering, blooming, buds, budding, shoots
germinatingdying
Ceasing to live
decaying · withering · dead · rotting · decomposing
germinatingdying out
Becoming extinct gradually
dying · stagnating · withering · fading · languishing
- germination ratesPercentage of seeds sprouting
- seed germinationSeed becoming seedling