germe
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Meanings
Noun
1. germ (small mass of cells)
2. seed
3. bulb (of onion, garlic etc.)
4. seed (the principle cause) (figuratively)
Examples5
Germs can cause sickness.
The seed of revolution is repression.
The incident sowed the seeds of the war.
Germs are visible only under the microscope.
Cholera germs were found in the food.