One can also see in this experience a proof of the existence of two special membranes, and so suppose that the Germinative cell is the continuation of the internal membrane, the external membrane alone being susceptible of absorbing the liquids, at least with a certain rapidity."
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
As for the Germinative force of her suns, in these days of intensive farming, when electricity is applied to the work once done by them, they can claim to have no virtue beyond the suns of July or August, which most seeds find effective enough.
"Imaginary Interviews"
W. D. Howells
The poem of Naevius gave the Germinative idea and some of the materials to the first and fourth Books of the Aeneid; it established also the principle of combining in one work a remote mythical past with a subject of strong contemporary interest.
"The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil"
W. Y. Sellar