[syn: germinal, originative, seminal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Originative \O*rig"i*na*tive\, a.
Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into
existence; originating. --H. Bushnell. --
O*rig"i*na*tive*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
originative
adj 1: having the ability or power to create; "a creative
imagination" [syn: creative, originative] [ant:
uncreative]
2: containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one
discipline can influence the growth of another" [syn:
germinal, originative, seminal]