See Also: pregermination(dictionary)

barbet (iou) and pregermination (iou)


barbet (iou)



barbet noun. L16.
[French, from barbe beard: see -ET1.]
A poodle. L16-E19.
Any of numerous brightly coloured fruit-eating tropical birds of the family Capitonidae, which have tufts of bristles at the base of the bill. E19.

pregermination (iou)



pregermination noun. M20.
[from PRE- 1 + GERMINATION.]
The treatment of seed to start the process of germination before planting.
pregerminated adjective subjected to pregermination L20.