The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.
Each of the patches of villi on the foetal chorion in the placenta of ruminants and some other mammals.
The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
To germinate.
To grow, as if parasitic.