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countable and uncountable, plural germinations
The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable. quotations examples
Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, page 5