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Definition of Germin
1. Noun. (protein) Any of a group of proteins, resistant to proteases, associated with the germination of cereals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Germin
1. germen [n -S] - See also: germen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Germin
Literary usage of Germin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"... Mr. and Mrs. germin Reed. [Era Almanack ; privat« information.] JK BROUGHAM,
HENRY (1665-1698), divine, was one of the twelve children of Henry Brougham ..."
2. A Full Report of the Trial of Her Majesty Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Caroline, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1820)
"the long voyage, see a germin Baron dining with her Royal Highness at Villa
d'Est«?— In the Cata Villa uiI saw him ; he was a Prussian. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Lat. germen (stem germin-), a sprout, shoot, bud. ß. ... Der. germin-al, germin-ate,
germin-at-ion, from the stem germin- ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[= F. germinal = Sp. Pg. germinal = It."germinale, < L. germen (germin-), a
sprout, offshoot, germ : see germ.'] Pertaining to or constituting a germ ..."
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