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germsnounpl. of germ the source from which something grows or developsthis hastily scribbled equation on a cocktail napkin became the germ of a new scientific theory fountainheads, origins, roots, seed(or seeds), seedbeds fonts, fountains, springs, wellheads, wells, wellspringsbeginnings, births, commencements, dawns, geneses, inceptions, incipiencies, launches, mornings, onsets, outsets, starts, thresholdscreations, inaugurations, originations |