Definition of "germinant" [ger•mi•nant]

• That germinates (adjective)
• A germinating plant (noun)

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• "Cuius cruoris contactu fruges non germinant, acescunt musta, moriuntur herbae, amittunt arbores fetus, ferrum rubigo corripit, nigrescunt aera."
• "The boy had a head of germinant dreadlocks and a wary expression, like a dog's too often returned to his cage at the Battersea shelter after a walk."
• "Author, with whom a thousand years are but as one day, and therefore are not fulfilled punctually at once, but have springing and germinant accomplishment throughout many ages, though the height or fulness of them may refer to some one age."