germĭnātus, ūs, m. [germino],
a sprouting forth , putting forth , germination (less freq. than germinatio): oleam, si capra depaverit primo germinatu, sterilescere, Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 34: serotino quaedam germinatu florent maturantque celeriter, id. 16, 25, 41, § 102.