germinative

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adjective

Of or pertaining to germination

OriginLatin germen, germinis →
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Meanings

adjectivegerminative (comparative more germinative, superlative most germinative)

comparative more germinative · superlative most germinative

  1. Of or pertaining to germination
  2. Having the ability to germinate

Origin

  1. Latingermen, germinis“shoot, sprout, bud”
  2. Englishgerminative

From germinate + -ive. From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ate, from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”).

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Translations

French germinatif
  • germinatifof or pertaining to germination
Hungarian csíraképes
  • csíraképeshaving the ability to germinate
Italian germinativo
  • germinativoof or pertaining to germination
Latin germinātīvus
  • germinātīvusof or pertaining to germination
Portuguese germinativo, germinativo
  • germinativoof or pertaining to germination
  • germinativohaving the ability to germinate
Spanish germinativo, germinativo
  • germinativoof or pertaining to germination
  • germinativohaving the ability to germinate
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