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Noun
S:
(n)
source
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seed
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germ
(anything that provides inspiration for later work)
S:
(n)
germ
(a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism)
S:
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microbe
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bug
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germ
(a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use)