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seminal 音标拼音: [s'ɛmənəl] a. 精液的,种子的,生殖的 精液的,种子的,生殖的 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" [synonym: {germinal}, {originative}, {seminal}] Seminal \Sem"i*nal\, a. [L. seminalis, fr. semen, seminis, seed, akin to serere to sow: cf. F. seminal. See {Sow} to scatter seed.] 1. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid. [1913 Webster] 2. Contained in seed. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster PJC] The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle. --Hare. [1913 Webster] {Seminal leaf} (Bot.), a seed leaf, or cotyleden. {Seminal receptacle}. (Zool.) Same as {Spermatheca}. [1913 Webster] Seminal \Sem"i*nal\, n. A seed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 132 Moby Thesaurus words for "seminal":
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