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; holding the relation of
seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series
of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary;
original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal
virtue.
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.
(Zoöl.) Same as Spermatheca.
Sem"i*nal (?), n. A seed.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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; holding the relation of
seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series
of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary;
original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal
virtue.
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.
(Zoöl.) Same as Spermatheca.
Sem"i*nal (?), n. A seed.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
