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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.

Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of germinative

First recorded in 1700–10; germinate + -ive

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