GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Seminal , a. [L. seminalis, fr. semen, seminis, seed, akin to serere to sow: cf. F. seminal. See Sow to scatter seed.]
   Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.
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   Contained in seed.
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   Hence: Holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; serving as a source, or first principle; giving rise to related ideas or results; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue; a seminal discovery.
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   The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
   Hare.
   
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   Seminal leaf (Bot.), a seed leaf, or cotyleden. -- Seminal receptacle. (Zool.) Same as Spermatheca.
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   Seminal , n. A seed. [Obs.]
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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