Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A syncytium or nucleated mass of protoplasm from which the reproductive or germ-cells arise. The germogen is clearly seen in the ovaries of insects.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed.
  • noun The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.

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  • noun biology A polynuclear mass of protoplasm, not divided into separate cells, from which certain ova are developed.
  • noun biology The primitive cell in certain embryonic forms.

Etymologies

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germ + -gen.

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