Definitions from Wiktionary (Germ)

▸ noun:  (biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote.
▸ noun:  The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
▸ noun:  (biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
▸ noun:  A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
▸ noun:  (figurative) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
▸ noun:  (mathematics) An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
▸ verb:  To germinate.
▸ verb:  (slang) To grow, as if parasitic.
▸ noun:  (UK, slang, derogatory) a German person.

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