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germinative en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English germinate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English germinative From germinate + -ive. From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”) + -ate, from germinātus (“sprouted, budded, grown”), past participle of germinō (“to sprout, bud, grow”), from germen, germinis (“shoot, sprout, bud”).

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to germination
  2. Having the ability to germinate

Forms

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most germinative Degree=Sup lexicographic
more germinative Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

pregerminative · postgerminative · germinatively

Translations (8)

it germinativo (of or pertaining to germination) · fr germinatif (of or pertaining to germination) · es germinativo (of or pertaining to germination) · pt germinativo (of or pertaining to germination) · es germinativo (having the ability to germinate) · pt germinativo (having the ability to germinate) · la germinātīvus (of or pertaining to germination) · hu csíraképes (having the ability to germinate)