SEMINAL

germinal, originative, seminal

(adjective) containing seeds of later development; “seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another”

seminal

(adjective) pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen; “seminal fluid”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

seminal (comparative more seminal, superlative most seminal)

Of or relating to seed or semen.

Creative or having the power to originate.

Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.

Synonyms: influential, pioneering

Synonyms

• (relating to seed): germinal

• (creative): innovative, primary

• (highly influential): influential, innovative, formative

Noun

seminal (plural seminals)

(obsolete) A seed.

Anagrams

• Elamins, Malines, Melians, isleman, menials, salmine

Source: Wiktionary


Sem"i*nal, a. Etym: [L. seminalis, fr. semen, seminis, seed, akin to serere to sow: cf. F. seminal. See Sow to scatter seed.]

1. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.

2. Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue. The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle. Hare. Seminal leaf (Bot.), a seed leaf, or cotyleden.

– Seminal receptacle. (Zoöl.) Same as Spermatheca.

Sem"i*nal, n.

Definition: A seed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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