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Definition of: seminal
(sem′ə·nəl) adjective
1. Pertaining to or containing seeds, germs, or primal elements.
2. Having productive power; germinal; propagative.
3. Not developed; embryonic; rudimentary. [<OF <L seminalis <semen, seminis semen, a seed]
—sem′i·nal·ly adverb
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