germinant

[jur-muh-nuhnt]

adjective

1. beginning to grow or develop; germinating.

germinant

/ ˈdʒɜːmɪnənt /

adjective

1. in the process of germinating; sprouting

Other Word Forms

• germinance noun
• germinancy noun
• ungerminant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of germinant¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin germinant- (stem of germināns ), present participle of the verb germināre “to bud, sprout”

Example Sentences

The number of c.f.u. present on plates in the presence of a particular germinant expressed as a fold change with respect to the number of c.f.u. present on plates in the absence of a germinant.

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She might have rebelled, had it not been for that germinant idea of hers.

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She began to feel blindly that God was not alone the keeper of eternal Sabbaths, but the germinant heat at the heart of the world.

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Thus there was developed a germinant municipal feeling and organization.

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There is something altogether unique in the incorruption and germinant power of all His deeds and of all His words.

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