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germinal

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Germinal is a 1963 French language French-Italian-Hungarian film directed by Yves Allégret . It is an adaptation of the novel Germinal by Emile Zola .

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).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Germinal \Ger`mi*nal"\, n. [F. See Germ .] The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See Vend['E]miaire .

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.