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germinant

germinant adjective: that germinates.

Adjective

germinant (not comparable)

  1. That germinates.
    • […] diuine Prophecies, being of the nature of their Author, with whom a thousande yeares are but as one day, and therefore are not fulfilled punctually, at once, but haue springing and germinant accomplishment throughout many ages,1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, page 16
    • […] Earth’s dearest daughter, the firm / In footing, the stately of stem; / Unshaken though elements lour; / A warrior heart unquelled; / Mirror of Earth, and guide / To the Holies from sense withheld: / Reason, man’s germinant fruit.1888, George Meredith, “A Faith on Trial”, in A Reading of Earth, pages 92-93

Noun

germinant (plural germinants)

  1. A germinating plant.

Forms of germinant

pluralgerminants

Questions about germinant

What does germinant mean?
Germinant means that germinates.
What part of speech is germinant?
Germinant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near germinant in the dictionary

  1. germinally
  2. Germinals
  3. germinance
  4. germinancy
  5. germinane
  6. germinant
  7. germinants
  8. germinate
  9. germinated
  10. germinates
  11. germinating

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