9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
verb produce buds, branches, or germinate
verb work out
verb cause to grow or sprout
originFrom oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ate, from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”).
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