'Generative' definitions:

Definition of 'generative'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" [syn: generative, productive] [ant: consumptive]
adjective
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]

Definition of 'Generative'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]