germinant

[ jur-muh-nuh nt ]
/ ˈdʒɜr mə nənt /

adjective

beginning to grow or develop; germinating.

Origin of germinant

1595–1605; < Latin germinant- (stem of germināns), present participle of germināre to germinate; -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM germinant

ger·mi·nance, ger·mi·nan·cy, noun un·ger·mi·nant, adjective

Words nearby germinant

germinal epithelium, germinal localization, germinal membrane, germinal pole, germinal vesicle, germinant, germinate, germination, germinative, germinative layer, germinoma

Example sentences from the Web for germinant

  • She might have rebelled, had it not been for that germinant idea of hers.

    The Real Adventure |Henry Kitchell Webster

  • She began to feel blindly that God was not alone the keeper of eternal Sabbaths, but the germinant heat at the heart of the world.

    Meadow Grass |Alice Brown

British Dictionary definitions for germinant

germinant
/ (ˈdʒɜːmɪnənt) /

adjective

in the process of germinating; sprouting