germule

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noun

A small germ.

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Meanings

noungermule (plural germules)

plural germules

  1. biologyA small germ.

    A seed will lie hidden in the earth, below the search of air and sun, in a latent state, for ages; yet, when thrown near the surface it germinates. But life is not in the body of the seed, but a germule within the seed and within a cell.

    1881, James Barr Walker, Experiences of Pioneer Life in the Early Settlements and Cities of the West, page 301

Origin

From germ + -ule.

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germule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germule

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“germule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germule. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “germule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/germule.

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