Definitions
containing seeds of later development
Word origin
From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis, ultimately from oblique stem of Latin sēmen, sēminis (“seed”) + -al.
Used in a sentence
“"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.”
“The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.”
“For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, ....”
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01“Highly influential”7 letters
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