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Seminal

//ˈsɛmɪnəl// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to seed or semen.

    "During the summer, he studied calmars at Lisbon, but found no appearance of any roe, nor any reservoir which appeared to be destined for the reception of the seminal liquor; and it was in the middle of December, that he began to discern the first traces of a new vessel replete with a milty juice."

  2. 2
    Creative or having the power to originate.
  3. 3
    Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.

    ""The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science."

Adjective
  1. 1
    containing seeds of later development wordnet
  2. 2
    pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A seed. obsolete

    "the seminals of spiders and scorpions"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis.

Etymology 2

From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis.

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