amerikai:
brit:
1. The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud or spore.
2. A pathogenic microorganism.
3. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
4. The origin of an idea or project.
the germ of civil liberty
5. An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
1. To germinate.
2. To grow, as if parasitic.