(historical) The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20.

Relating to spring / Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ. / (botany) Relating to a plant ovary / (figuratively) Serving as a point of origin; formative.

By or involving germ cells.

The condition of being germinal

plural of Germinal

present participle of germinate

simple past tense and past participle of germinate

The process of germinating; the beginning of vegetation or growth from a seed or spore; the first development of germs, either animal or vegetable.

(organic chemistry) A ceveratrum alkaloid.

(intransitive, botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves. / (transitive) To cause to grow; to produce.