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germinal

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As an adjective, germinal means relating to spring. As a noun, it means seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April).

Meanings of germinal

7 meanings

Relating to spring
Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ.
botanyRelating to a plant ovary.
figurativelyServing as a point of origin; formative.
“My upbringing was the germinal idea behind the opera.”
figurativelyHighly influential; seminal.
“This case was germinal to development of the theory of joint participation.”
Containing seeds of later development
“seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another”
Similar: originative, seminal

Seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of budstime

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adjective: containing seeds of later development

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