GERMINAL
- (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19
- being in the earliest stage of development [adj]
- being in the earliest stage of development
- of or pertaining to a germ or germs
- of the nature of a germ or germ cell
- novel (1884) by Émile Zola
- being in the highest stage of development [adj]