a. 精液的, 种子的, 生殖的

[医] 种子的; 精液的

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.

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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

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["o]l.) Same as {Spermatheca}.


Seminal \Sem"i*nal\, n.
A seed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.