| Underlying the nail plate is the nail bed, composed of the germinative layer of the epidermis. |
| The gemmules possess two sorts of affinity, one of which might be called propagative, and the other germinative affinity. |
| This terminal phase of seed development, called maturation drying, is also known to ensure the switch from a developmental mode to a germinative mode. |
| The seeds are brown, exceedingly small, and retain their germinative properties three years. |
| The fruitful diversities, the germinative inequalities between men all depend on this right. |
| Though not the offspring of a vigorous creative power, its germinative force proved wonderfully great. |
