Vocabulary : Germicide to Germiparity
Germicide : Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial germs, which are considered the cause of many infectious diseases. ;; A germicide agent.Germina : of Germen
Germinal : Pertaining or belonging to a germ; as, the germinal vesicle. ;; The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendEmiaire. ;; Of or pertaining to the germ, or germ cells, as distinguished from the somatic cells.
Germinant : Sprouting; sending forth germs or buds.
Germinate : To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ. ;; To cause to sprout.