seminal - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'seminal' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Seminal

[ a.]

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

2 . Seminal

[ n.]

- A seed.

Meaning of 'seminal' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . seminal

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen

Example in sentence:

seminal fluid

2 . seminal

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- containing seeds of later development

Example in sentence:

seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another

Nearby Words:

semaeostomata semaphore semaphoric semaphorical semaphorically semaphorist sematology sematrope semblable semblably

See 'seminal' also in:

Dictionary.com Google Translator Wikipedia.com Merriam Webster

Seminal Vesicles
The seminal vesicles are two lobulated organs about 2 in. (5 cm) long lying on the posterior surface of the bladder.

Categories

Browse Dictionary