Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Germination
Ger′mi·na′tion (·nā′shŭn), n. [L. germinatio: cf. F. germination.] The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth in a seed or plant; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.
Germination apparatus, an apparatus for malting grain.