germinal \JUR-muh-nl\,
adjective:
1. Being in the earliest stage of development.
2. Of or pertaining to a germ or germs.
3. Of the nature of a germ or germ cell.
The germinal idea can be anything that gets your creative juices flowing. It can be a place, a person, an odd event.
-- James N. Frey, "The Key"
But there are also young forces which are connected with the germinal qualities the Earth holds within the cosmos.
-- Rudolf Steiner, "The Fifth Gospel"
Germinal is derived from the Latin word germen meaning "sprout, bud."
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