(historical) The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20.

Relating to spring

Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ.

(botany) Relating to a plant ovary.

(figuratively) Serving as a point of origin; formative.

(figuratively) Highly influential; seminal.