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English Dictionary: seminal	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seminal adj pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen; "seminal fluid" containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another" Synonym(s): germinal, originative, seminal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminal \Sem"inal\, a. [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}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spermatheca}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seminal \Sem"i*nal\, n. A seed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.