germ
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
anything that provides inspiration for later work
Types & categories
- inspiration hypernym
- taproot hyponym
- muse hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
Types & categories
- anatomical structure hypernym
Related & opposite
- sprout derivation
Sense 3 noun
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
Types & categories
- microorganism hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | evolve |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | germinal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inspiration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | taproot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | muse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | anatomical structure |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | germy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | microbial |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | microorganism |