'Seminal receptacle' definitions:

Definition of 'Seminal receptacle'

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  • Seminal \Sem"i*nal\, a. [L. seminalis, fr. semen, seminis, seed, akin to serere to sow: cf. F. seminal. See Sow to scatter seed.]
  • 1. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Contained in seed. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence: Holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; serving as a source, or first principle; giving rise to related ideas or results; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue; a seminal discovery. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle. --Hare. [1913 Webster]
  • Seminal leaf (Bot.), a seed leaf, or cotyleden.
  • Seminal receptacle. (Zool.) Same as Spermatheca. [1913 Webster]