seminal
/ˈsemɪnəl/adjective
1
- (of a work, event, moment, or figure) strongly influencing later developments（工作, 事件, 时刻, 数字）开创性的; 有重大影响的：
his seminal work on chaos theory.
他在混沌理论方面的开创性工作。
2
- of, relating to, or denoting semen（有关）精液的。
2.1
- Botany of, relating to, or derived from the seed of a plant【植】（有关）植物种子的; 由种子产生的。
派生词
seminally
adverb词源
late Middle English (in sense 2)： from Old French seminal or Latin seminalis, from semen 'seed'. Sense 1 dates from the mid 17th cent.