Definition of generative

Overview of adj generative

The adj generative has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. generative, productive

(having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces")

2. generative, procreative, reproductive

(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")