germinative

American  

[jur-muh-ney-tiv, -muh-nuh-tiv] / ˈdʒɜr məˌneɪ tɪv, -mə nə tɪv /

adjective

1. capable of germinating, developing, or creating; of or pertaining to germination.

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Other Word Forms

• germinatively adverb
• nongerminative adjective
• regerminative adjective
• regerminatively adverb
• ungerminative adjective

Etymology

Origin of germinative

First recorded in 1700–10; germinate + -ive

Example Sentences

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 seeds are small, yellow, lens-shaped, 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 Burr, Fearing

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 Agassiz, Alexander

We are elsewhere informed that these seeds preserve their germinative properties for six years and even longer.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert

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