Germinate: v. intr. "Germinate" means seeds, bulbs or tubers intended or not for the seed, which push their germ outside (germination). The germ is the part of the seed, which as it grows forms the plant.
Seed that germinates in the soil.
Barley is germinated for making beer (germinator).
Adjectival past participle: Sprouted potatoes. Sprouted wheat.
By extension: A plant that germinates, whose seed germinates ....
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