The Collaborative International Dictionary
Germen
Germen \Ger"men\ (j[~e]r"m[e^]n), n.; pl. E. Germens, L. Germina. [L.] See Germ.
Wiktionary
germen
n. The basic form of an organism; the seed or germ
Wikipedia
Germen
Germen or Germin may refer to:
- Germen, an archaic form of germ, meaning seed
- Xylophanes germen, a species of butterfly in Macroglossinae in Genus Xylophanes
- San Germen F.C., a team in the Club Atlético Independiente de La Chorrera
Usage examples of "germen".
In Beanes the leaf and root sprout from the Germen, the main sides split, and lye by, and in some pull'd up near the time of blooming, we have found the pulpous sides intire or little wasted.
Beanes will prosper though a part be cut away, and so much set as sufficeth to contain and keep the Germen close.
The pistil is generally divisible into the ovary or germen, the style and the stigma.