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Word: Germinant
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English; earliest use found in Palladius' De Re Rustica. From classical Latin germinant-, germināns, present participle of germināre germinate
Germinating; sprouting. Also: having the potential to germinate or grow; nascent or rudimentary. Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts.
That is the place or medium in which something germinates; that promotes germination. Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts.
Word: Germinant
Speech Type: Noun
A germinating seed or spore; a seedling.
Something that promotes germination; specifically an agent that promotes the germination of bacterial or fungal spores.
