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GERM TUBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does germ tube mean?
• GERM TUBE (noun)
The noun GERM TUBE has 1 sense:
1. (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination
Familiarity information: GERM TUBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("germ tube" is a kind of...):
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
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