Seminal
Pronunciation : Sem"i*nal
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. seminalis, fr. semen, seminis, seed, akin to serere to sow: cf. F. seminal. See Sow to scatter seed.]
Definition : 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?l.) Same as Spermatheca.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Sem"i*nal
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A seed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913