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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having the ability to produce or originate;
- Example: "generative power"
- Example: "generative forces"
[syn: generative, productive]

2. producing new life or offspring;
- Example: "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"
- Example: "the reproductive or generative organs"
[syn: generative, procreative, reproductive]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Generative \Gen"er*a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. g['e]n['e]ratif.]
   Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or
   producing. "That generative particle." --Bentley.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

generative
    adj 1: having the ability to produce or originate; "generative
           power"; "generative forces" [syn: generative,
           productive] [ant: consumptive]
    2: producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential
       of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself
       under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative
       organs" [syn: generative, procreative, reproductive]