[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

generative \gen"erative\, a. cf. f. g'en'eratif.
   having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or
   producing. "that generative particle." --bentley.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 moby thesaurus words for "generative":
   abiogenetic, aboriginal, basal, basic, biogenetic, blastogenetic,
   causative, central, constructive, creative, crucial, demiurgic,
   elemental, elementary, embryonic, epigenetic, eumerogenetic,
   formative, fundamental, gametic, genetic, genial, genital,
   genitive, germinal, heterogenetic, histogenetic, homogenetic,
   in embryo, in ovo, inventive, isogenetic, merogenetic, metagenetic,
   monogenetic, original, originative, orthogenetic, pangenetic,
   parthenogenetic, phytogenetic, pregnant, primal, primary, primeval,
   primitive, primordial, pristine, productive, protogenic, radical,
   rudimentary, seminal, sporogenous, xenogenetic

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