What is the meaning of germ?

noun

  • Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
  • A small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism.
  • A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use.
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