germinal
/ˈdʒɜrmənəl/
adjective
- Relating to the earliest stage of development; being in the first or beginning phase of something.
- That meeting was the germinal moment for the entire project.
- The scientist's germinal research led to a major breakthrough in medicine.
- Her germinal ideas about education changed how we teach young children.
- Relating to a germ or seed; having the potential to grow or develop.
- The germinal layer of the seed contains the nutrients for the sprout.
- The germinal cells in the embryo will eventually form all the organs.
- In biology class, we studied the germinal stage of plant development.