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pregermiˈnation
[pre- A. 2.]
The treatment of seed to start the process of germination before planting. So preˈgerminated ppl. a., having been subjected to such treatment.
1942H. I. Baldwin Forest Tree Seed 230 Pregermination:—Germinative processes set in motion, but completion impossible because of external factors. Seed coat may or may not be broken. 1959Times 7 Dec. (Agric. Suppl.) p. viii/3 Pregermination of conifer seed is practised before sowing. 1978Countryman Winter 117 A new planting technique which is taking off in quite a big way is ‘the fluid sowing of pre-germinated seeds’. |