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
This is done by the veins, which pass first from the germinative area, and afterwards from the yelk-sac, to the farther end of the heart.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
The seeds are brown, exceedingly small, and retain their germinative properties three 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 Fearing Burr
The dorsal shield gradually separates from the germinative area and the yelk-sac, its edges growing downwards and folding together to form ventral plates.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
The egg of the Star-fish, when first formed, is a transparent, spherical body, enclosing the germinative vesicle and dot.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Alexander Agassiz
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