germinate
verb
[ ˈdʒəːmɪneɪt ]
• (of a seed or spore) begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy.
Similar:
sprout,
put forth shoots,
shoot,
shoot up,
bud,
put forth buds,
form/develop buds,
develop,
grow,
spring up,
swell,
burgeon,
vegetate,
pullulate,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin germinat- ‘sprouted forth, budded’, from the verb germinare, from germen, germin- ‘sprout, seed’.