(adj) producing new life or offspring, Syn. reproductive, procreative, Example:the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions; the reproductive or generative organs
(n) (linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language and assigns them all the correct structural description
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