Definitions for germen

germen ger·men

Spelling: [jur-muh n]
IPA: /ˈdʒɜr mən/

Germen is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in germen (eegmnr).

Definitions for germen

noun

  1. a germ.

Origin of germen

From Latin, dating back to 1595-1605; See origin at germ

Examples for germen

So in Latin, canmen from cano was pronounced, and then written carmen; genmen from the obsolete γενω passed into germen.

The globular part contains the pistil, which consists merely of a germen and stigma, together with the surrounding stamens.

The pistil is generally divisible into the ovary or germen, the style and the stigma.

germen oblong, striated, curved slightly outwards, but at length becoming erect and rugged.

Mr. Berkeley found no difficulty, and had the stem impregnated as well as the germen.

germen short, square, crowned with long white radiating down.

In P. farinosa the germen is broadly obovate and the stigma capitate; here the germen is globose and the stigma has five points.

Word Value for germen
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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