SEM'INAL, adjective [Latin seminalis, from semen, seed; from the root of sow.] 1. Pertaining to seed, or to the elements of production. 2. Contained in a seed; radical; rudimental; original; as seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue. Seminal leaf, the same as seed-leaf. SEM'INAL, noun seminal state.
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