Lewis Short
germĭnātĭo (noun F) : germino
* A sprouting forth, budding, germination.
* Lit.: palmitis,Col. 4, 24, 18: tria tempora germinationis,Plin. 17, 18, 30, § 134; cf. id. 16, 25, 41, § 98.—In plur., Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 16.
* Transf., concr., a sprout, shoot: accumuletur germinatio terrā, donec robur planta capiat,Plin. 17, 17, 28, § 124.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary