seminal

Seminal is defined as some discovery or event that strong influenced what came after.

(adjective)

An example of seminal was the discovery of electricity.

The definition of seminal is something related to semen or to the seeds of a plant.

(adjective)

An example of seminal is the fluid containing the sperm required to make a baby.

See seminal in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of or containing seed or semen
of reproduction: seminal power
like seed in being a source or a first stage in development; germinal; originative: a seminal book
being the first or earliest of something that is later recognized as having been of primary influence: a seminal jazz band
of essential importance; specif.,
1. basic; central; principal
2. crucial; critical; pivotal

Origin: ME < MFr < L seminalis < semen (gen. seminis), a seed

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See seminal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of, relating to, containing, or conveying semen or seed.
Of, relating to, or having the power to originate; creative.
Highly influential in an original way; constituting or providing a basis for further development: a seminal idea in the creation of a new theory.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin sēminālis

Origin: , from sēmen, sēmin-, seed; see semen

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