having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces"
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"
If something is generative, it is capable of producing something or causing it to develop. the generative power of the sun
In linguistics, generative is used to describe linguistic theories or models which are based on the idea that a single set of rules can explain how all the possible sentences of a language are formed