GERMINAL

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 6

adj. Ju5rm'i2n-a2l. Lat., germinal is (from germen. a germ), gerninativus. Fr., g. Ger., keimartig, keimbar. Pertaining to germination or to a germ; capable of germinating. [B (a, 24).] [s. 177]