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germinal

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" [syn: originative , seminal ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Germinal is the thirteenth novel in Émile Zola 's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart . Often considered Zola's masterpiece and one of the most significant novels in the French tradition, the novel – an uncompromisingly harsh and realistic story of ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Germinal \Ger"mi*nal\, a. [See Germ .] Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells. Germinal layers (Biol.), the two layers of cells, the ectoblast ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1808, from Modern Latin germinalis "in the germ," from Latin germen (genitive germinis ) "sprout, bud, sprig, offshoot" (see germ ) + -al (1).

Usage examples of germinal.

Most philanthropy starts out unquestioningly with the assumption that by modifying the individual for the better, it will thereby improve the germinal quality of the race.

A strip of the outer germinal layer, the ectoderm, thickened, folded into a groove, closed itself into a nerve canal, became a spinal column, became the brain.

Through the medium of his drawing hand he was beginning to catch the tail of some germinal ideas.

I'd make sure there were regular retrospectives of his germinal stories.