germinative
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More and more, as that initiating episode of what is sometimes called postmodernism recedes into history, it looks to be one of 20th century art’s finest, most germinative hours.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023
The leaves are pale-green, and cut, or divided, into narrow, thread-like segments; the flowers are numerous, small, yellow, drooping; the seeds resemble those of the Common Wormwood, and retain their germinative properties two years.
From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing
Thus, the first blood-vessels pass over the embryonic body and reach as far as the edge of the germinative area.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
The seeds, which are produced in globular, scarlet berries, are black, somewhat triangular, and retain their germinative powers four years.
From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing
In the G�nie des Religions Quinet endeavoured to exhibit the religious idea as the germinative power of civilisation, giving its special character to the political and social idea.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
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