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Germinal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Germinal? [n] seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds [adj] containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Germinal: original \| originative \| seminal Related Terms \| Find terms related to Germinal: aboriginal \| atomic \| basal \| basic \| central \| conceptive \| conceptual \| corpuscular \| creative \| crucial \| elemental \| elementary \| embryonic \| esemplastic \| evanescent \| fattening \| fecund \| fecundative \| fertile \| fertilizing \| fetal \| fructificative \| fundamental \| generative \| genetic \| germinant \| germinational \| germinative \| germiparous \| granular \| ideational \| ideative \| imaginative \| impalpable \| imperceptible \| imponderable \| in embryo \| in ovo \| in the bud \| inappreciable \| indiscernible \| infinitesimal \| ingenious \| inspired \| intangible \| inventive \| invisible \| larval \| life-giving \| microcosmic \| microscopic \| molecular \| multiparous \| notional \| original \| originative \| pregnant \| primal \| primary \| primeval \| primitive \| primordial \| pristine \| procreant \| procreative \| productive \| prolific \| propagative \| protogenic \| radical \| reproductive \| richening \| rudimentary \| seminal \| shaping \| spermatic \| spermatozoic \| subatomic \| teeming \| tenuous \| thin \| ultramicroscopic \| unseeable \| visioned See Also \| Revolutionary calendar \| Revolutionary calendar month Germinal In Webster's Dictionary \Ger"minal\, a. [See {Germ}.] Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle. {Germinal layers} (Biol.), the two layers of cells, the ectoblast and entoblast, which form respectively the outer covering and inner wall of the gastrula. A third layer of cells, the mesoblast, which is formed later and lies between these two, is sometimes included. {Germinal membrane}. (Biol.) Same as {Blastoderm}. {Germinal spot} (Biol.), the nucleolus of the ovum. {Germinal vesicle}, (Biol.), the nucleus of the ovum of animals. \Ger`minal"\, 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}. \Ger"mi*nal\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells.

Germinal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Germinal?

[n] seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds
[adj] containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Germinal: original | originative | seminal

See Also | Revolutionary calendar | Revolutionary calendar month

Germinal In Webster's Dictionary

\Ger"mi*nal\, a. [See {Germ}.]
Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.

{Germinal layers} (Biol.), the two layers of cells, the
   ectoblast and entoblast, which form respectively the outer
   covering and inner wall of the gastrula. A third layer of
   cells, the mesoblast, which is formed later and lies
   between these two, is sometimes included.

{Germinal membrane}. (Biol.) Same as {Blastoderm}.

{Germinal spot} (Biol.), the nucleolus of the ovum.

{Germinal vesicle}, (Biol.), the nucleus of the ovum of
   animals.


\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}.


\Ger"mi*nal\, a. (Biol.)
Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished
from the somatic cells.

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