Germinal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Germinal	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
germinal adj containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" Synonym(s): germinal, originative, seminal n seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Germinal \Ger"mi*nal\, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Germinal \Ger"minal\, a. [See {Germ}.] Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal* vesicle. {Germinal layers} (Biol.), 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. {Germinal membrane}. (Biol.) Same as {Blastoderm}. {Germinal spot} (Biol.), the nucleolus of the ovum. {Germinal vesicle}, (Biol.), the nucleus of the ovum of animals.