sem·i·nal /ˈsɛmənḷ/
(a.)精液的,種子的,生殖的
sem·i·nal /ˈsɛmənḷ/ 形容詞
精液的,種子的,輸精管,初期的,原始的,種子的,精液的
Sem·i·nal a.
1. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.
2. Contained in seed.
3. 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.
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. Zool. Same as Spermatheca.
Sem·i·nal n. A seed. [Obs.]
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seminal
adj 1: pertaining to or containing or consisting of semen; "seminal
fluid"
2: containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one
discipline can influence the growth of another" [syn: germinal,
originative]