Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Germination \Ger`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. germinatio: cf. F.
   germination.]
   The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or
   growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs,
   either animal or vegetable.

   {Germination apparatus}, an apparatus for malting grain.