Seminal

sem′in-al, adj. pertaining to seed: radical: rudimentary.— n. ( obs. ) a seed.— n. Seminal′ity , the germinating principle.— v.t. Sem′ināte , to sow: to propagate: to di eminate.— n. Seminā′tion , act of sowing: natural dispersion of seed: propagation.— adjs. Seminif′erous , seed-bearing: producing seed; Seminif′ic , producing seed.— ns. Seminificā′tion ; Sem′inist , one who holds that the admixture of the male and female seed originates the new individual. [L. semen , seminis , seed— serĕre , to sow.]