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.,
- basic; central; principal
- crucial; critical; pivotal
Origin:
ME < MFr < L seminalis < semen (gen. seminis), a seed