Thesaurus: germinal

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1. a. Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.
2. n. The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendEmiaire.
3. n. seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds
4. adj. containing seeds of later development
5. 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. The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendÉmiaire.
6. Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle.Germinal layers (Biol.), the two layers of cells, the ectoblast andentoblast, which form respectively the outer covering and inner wallof the gastrula. A third layer of cells, the mesoblast, which isformed 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.
7. j:100 n. seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds s. containing seeds of later development