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One of the reproductive spores of algæ.

Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. "The genial bed." Milton. Creator Venus, genial power of love. Dryden.

A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.

The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.

e spermatophores, becomes detached from the male, and attaches itself to the female for reproductive purposes.

The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpæa, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.

All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, including the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds.

ermed the plastic or creative power; the fancy. The imagination of common language -- the productive imagination of philosophers -- is nothing but the representative process plus the process to which I would give the name of the "comparative." Sir W. Hamilton. The power of the mind to decompose its conceptions, and to…

To use or employ to good purpose; to make productive; to turn to profitable account; to utilize; as, to improve one's time; to improve his means. Shak. We shall especially honor God by improving diligently the talents which God hath committed to us. Barrow. A hint that I do not remember to have seen opened and improved…

notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious. That truth id productive of utility, and utility indicative of truth, may be thus proved. Bp. Warburton.

Want of fecundity or fruitfulness; barrenness; sterility; unproductiveness.

Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.

The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness. The infertility or noxiousness of the soil. Sir M. Hale.

Not tending to safety; productive of evil.

Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females.

Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages. "No lean wardrobe." Shak. Their lean and fiashy songs. Milton. What the land is, whether…

c symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power. Whitworth. E. Arnold.

t of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results. [Written also malepractice.]

Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc. Dryden.