"germinal" meaning in English

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        "Relating to spring"
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          "sense": "pertaining or belonging to a germ",
          "word": "зародишен"
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          "roman": "začatǎčen",
          "sense": "pertaining or belonging to a germ",
          "word": "зачатъчен"
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          "sense": "pertaining or belonging to a germ",
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          "sense": "pertaining or belonging to a germ",
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          "sense": "pertaining or belonging to a germ",
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      "glosses": [
        "Relating to a plant ovary."
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        "(botany) Relating to a plant ovary."
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        "Serving as a point of origin; formative."
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        "(figuratively) Serving as a point of origin; formative."
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        "(figuratively) Highly influential; seminal."
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      "ipa": "/ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/"
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  "word": "germinal"
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        "(botany) Relating to a plant ovary."
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        "(figuratively) Highly influential; seminal."
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      "sense": "relating to spring",
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      "roman": "zarodišen",
      "sense": "pertaining or belonging to a germ",
      "word": "зародишен"
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      "sense": "pertaining or belonging to a germ",
      "word": "зачатъчен"
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      "sense": "pertaining or belonging to a germ",
      "word": "germinal"
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      "roman": "čanasaxovani",
      "sense": "pertaining or belonging to a germ",
      "word": "ჩანასახოვანი"
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