germ

IPA: dʒˈɝm

(biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote.
The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
(biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
(figurative) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
(mathematics) An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
(UK, slang, derogatory) a German person.

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