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germinative

germinative adjective: of or pertaining to germination.

Adjective

germinative (comparative more germinative, superlative most germinative)

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

germinative meaning in Urdu and Bengali

germinative in Urdu

نمودی

germinative in Bengali

অঙ্কুরোদগম

Forms of germinative

comparativemore germinative
superlativemost germinative

Origin of 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”).

Words formed from germinative

Questions about germinative

What does germinative mean?
Germinative means of or pertaining to germination.
What is germinative in Urdu?
Germinative in Urdu is نمودی. See Germinative meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is germinative?
Germinative is an adjective.

Words near germinative in the dictionary

  1. germinated
  2. germinates
  3. germinating
  4. germination
  5. germinations
  6. germinative
  7. germinatively
  8. germinator
  9. germinators
  10. germine
  11. germiness

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