germinant

American  

[jur-muh-nuhnt] / ˈdʒɜr mə nənt /

adjective

1. beginning to grow or develop; germinating.

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germinant British  

/ ˈdʒɜːmɪnənt /

adjective

1. in the process of germinating; sprouting

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Other Word Forms

• germinance noun
• germinancy noun
• ungerminant adjective

Etymology

Origin of germinant

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.

From Nature

But the sun had chased him away from the open places and had beckoned lovingly to the grass and the germinant life beneath to come boldly forth, for the enemy was gone.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus there was developed a germinant municipal feeling and organization.

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