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Definition of Germinal

1. Adjective. Containing seeds of later development. "Seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"

2. Noun. Seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds.

Definition of Germinal

1. a. Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.

2. n. The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendÉmiaire.

3. a. Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells.

Definition of Germinal

1. Proper noun. (historical) The seventh month of the w:French Republican Calendar French Republican Calendar, from March 20 or 21 to April 20 or 21. ¹

2. Adjective. Pertaining or belonging to a germ. ¹

3. Adjective. (figuratively) Of or pertaining to something very small, as small as a germ; pertaining to the essence of something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Germinal

1. being in the earliest stage of development [adj]

Medical Definition of Germinal

1. Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle. Germinal layers, the nucleus of the ovum of animals. See: Germ. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Germinal

germbands germed germen germens germfree germicidal germicide germicides germier germiest

germin germina germinabilities germinability germinable germinal germinal area germinal cell germinal centre germinal centre kinase

germinal centre of Flemming germinal disc germinal discs germinal disk germinal disks germinal epithelium germinal localization

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