{s} pertaining to semen; pertaining to seeds; original, creative; containing potential for future development
Seminal is used to describe things such as books, works, events, and experiences that have a great influence in a particular field. author of the seminal book `Animal Liberation'
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid
containing seeds of later development; "seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another"
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