seminal
Word family nounseminalityseminationadverbseminallyverbseminateadjectiveseminiferousseminal
sem·i·nal /ˈsemɪnəl/ adjectiveadj 1 formalAIMPORTANT a seminal article, book etc is important, and influences the way things develop in the future 〔文章、书等〕开创性的,有重大影响的 a seminal study of eighteenth-century France 对18世纪法国的开创性研究
2. [only before noun] technicalHBH producing or containing semen 产生精液的;含精液的 Origin seminal (1300-1400) French séminal, from
Latin seminalis, from
semen;
→ SEMEN