germinativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈdʒəːmᵻnətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈdʒərməˌneɪdɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin germinativus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin germinativus (14th cent. in a British source; 16th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin germināt- , past participial stem of germināre germinate v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare French germinatif (1551 in Middle French), Italian germiniativo (14th cent.).

1. Of, relating to, or promoting germination (germination n. 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective] > germinating

germinant?1440

germinative1652

germinal1821

the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > characterized by or causing growth

vegetating1605

fruitful1649

germinative1707

1652 A. Burgess Spiritual Refining vi. xlvii. 290 All must acknowledge this fruitfull and germinative power in the earth to be meerly of God.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 230 Among the common Water there is another which I call germinative, for Plants.

1720 R. Bradley New Improvem. Planting & Gardening: Pt. 3 (ed. 3) 211 I think it may not be amiss to consider the most proper Method of Gathering them in Foreign Countries, and packing them up for Transportation, that what Seeds we receive from abroad, may not lose their Germinative [1718 geminative] Faculty before they come to us.

1830 T. Nuttall Introd. Systematic & Physiol. Bot. (ed. 2) 231 A minute puncture is left unclosed for the communication of moisture necessary to the germinative act.

1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 67 (note) The germinative power of a seed..is destroyed by fire.

1905 Pure Products Apr. 222 Barley is steeped for several days to increase its germinative power.

1960 Mycologia 52 782 In evaluating pH it was assumed that germinative levels would be low because of the salts employed to produce and maintain hydrogen ion concentrations.

2003 A. Benamar et al. in G. Nicolás et al. Biol. Seeds xxvii. 244 The kinetics were markedly different, with an inverse correlation between seed germinative quality and oxygen consumption rate.

2. figurative. (a) Developmental; at an early stage of development; (b) tending to give rise to something.

ΚΠ

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 334 [It] could not fail to weaken the germinative principles of popular disaffection.

1857 I. Taylor World of Mind 379 The ‘Social Institution’ by which such usages are sanctioned is itself a crime, and it will be germinative of crimes.

1865 Reader 18 Mar. 309/1 Any vital or germinative truth.

1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe iii. 91 Concepts were not in his [sc. Hegel's] eyes the static self-contained things that previous logicians had supposed, but were germinative, and passed beyond themselves into each other by what he called their immanent dialectic.

1955 M. Tippett Let. 8 June (2005) 52 So far as the big choral piece is concerned, that is still in the exploratory and germinative phase.

2005 J. Barlow in R. Hunter & J. Barlow Compl. Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics 227 When he entered the studio in early February, he brought an odd lot of material, most of it germinative.

3. = germinal adj. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective]

hereditary?a1425

heredital1490

hereditariousa1527

heritable1570

hereditable1652

inherited1797

inborn1816

inheritable1828

germinal1830

germinative1833

genic1894

Mendelizing1909

1833 Trans. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 4 233 The disc..then assumes a membranous form, and is called the cicatricula, the germinative membrane, or blastoderma of Pander.

1883 American 7 89 The germinative portion of the egg.

1903 Biol. Bull. 5 58 The cells of this second class form the germinative cells of the seminiferous tubules.

1968 J. A. Clegg & J. D. Smyth in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. iii. v. 400 In digeneans, successive generations of larvae..develop asexually from undifferentiated germinative cells.

2002 S. Clarke Essent. Chem. Safe Aromatherapy 191 The deepest layer [of the epidermis] is the germinative layer, where the living cells are actively dividing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	germinative
释义	germinativeadj. Brit. /ˈdʒəːmᵻnətɪv/, U.S. /ˈdʒərməˌneɪdɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin germinativus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin germinativus (14th cent. in a British source; 16th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin germināt- , past participial stem of germināre germinate v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare French germinatif (1551 in Middle French), Italian germiniativo (14th cent.). 1. Of, relating to, or promoting germination (germination n. 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective] > germinating germinant?1440 germinative1652 germinal1821 the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > characterized by or causing growth vegetating1605 fruitful1649 germinative1707 1652 A. Burgess Spiritual Refining vi. xlvii. 290 All must acknowledge this fruitfull and germinative power in the earth to be meerly of God. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 230 Among the common Water there is another which I call germinative, for Plants. 1720 R. Bradley New Improvem. Planting & Gardening: Pt. 3 (ed. 3) 211 I think it may not be amiss to consider the most proper Method of Gathering them in Foreign Countries, and packing them up for Transportation, that what Seeds we receive from abroad, may not lose their Germinative [1718 geminative] Faculty before they come to us. 1830 T. Nuttall Introd. Systematic & Physiol. Bot. (ed. 2) 231 A minute puncture is left unclosed for the communication of moisture necessary to the germinative act. 1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 67 (note) The germinative power of a seed..is destroyed by fire. 1905 Pure Products Apr. 222 Barley is steeped for several days to increase its germinative power. 1960 Mycologia 52 782 In evaluating pH it was assumed that germinative levels would be low because of the salts employed to produce and maintain hydrogen ion concentrations. 2003 A. Benamar et al. in G. Nicolás et al. Biol. Seeds xxvii. 244 The kinetics were markedly different, with an inverse correlation between seed germinative quality and oxygen consumption rate. 2. figurative. (a) Developmental; at an early stage of development; (b) tending to give rise to something. ΚΠ 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 334 [It] could not fail to weaken the germinative principles of popular disaffection. 1857 I. Taylor World of Mind 379 The ‘Social Institution’ by which such usages are sanctioned is itself a crime, and it will be germinative of crimes. 1865 Reader 18 Mar. 309/1 Any vital or germinative truth. 1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe iii. 91 Concepts were not in his [sc. Hegel's] eyes the static self-contained things that previous logicians had supposed, but were germinative, and passed beyond themselves into each other by what he called their immanent dialectic. 1955 M. Tippett Let. 8 June (2005) 52 So far as the big choral piece is concerned, that is still in the exploratory and germinative phase. 2005 J. Barlow in R. Hunter & J. Barlow Compl. Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics 227 When he entered the studio in early February, he brought an odd lot of material, most of it germinative. 3. = germinal adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] hereditary?a1425 heredital1490 hereditariousa1527 heritable1570 hereditable1652 inherited1797 inborn1816 inheritable1828 germinal1830 germinative1833 genic1894 Mendelizing1909 1833 Trans. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 4 233 The disc..then assumes a membranous form, and is called the cicatricula, the germinative membrane, or blastoderma of Pander. 1883 American 7 89 The germinative portion of the egg. 1903 Biol. Bull. 5 58 The cells of this second class form the germinative cells of the seminiferous tubules. 1968 J. A. Clegg & J. D. Smyth in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. iii. v. 400 In digeneans, successive generations of larvae..develop asexually from undifferentiated germinative cells. 2002 S. Clarke Essent. Chem. Safe Aromatherapy 191 The deepest layer [of the epidermis] is the germinative layer, where the living cells are actively dividing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1652
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