adjective. Of, relating to, or having the nature of a germ cell.

adjective. Of, relating to, or occurring in the earliest stage of development.

noun. The seventh month of the French revolutionary calendar. It commenced (in 1794) March 21st and ended April 19th.

Pertaining to or constituting a germ; of the nature of a germ or of germination; germinative: as, germinal; vesicles; germinal ideas or principles.

adjective. Pertaining or belonging to a germ.

adjective. Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells.

adjective. the two layers of cells, the ectoblast and entoblast, which form respectively the outer covering and inner wall of the gastrula. A third layer of cells, the mesoblast, which is formed later and lies between these two, is sometimes included.

adjective. Same as Blastoderm.

adjective. the nucleolus of the ovum.

adjective. , the nucleus of the ovum of animals.

adjective. Pertaining or belonging to a germ.

adjective. Of or pertaining to something very small, as small as a germ; pertaining to the essence of something.

adjective. containing seeds of later development

noun. seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds

"But no sooner has one written the word germinal than one begins to experience the desire to peep ahead at the ending or, rather, to look in the beginnings for symptoms of the terminus."

germinal disk  germinal epithelium  germinal membrane  germinal pole  germinal spot  

original  

germinal cell  germinal disk  germinal epithelium  germinal matrix  germinal membrane  

revolutionary calendar month  

7-foot  antigen-presenting  cancer-causing  contractile  cosmic-ray  

aboriginal  atomic  basal  basic  central