Containing the seeds of later development (7)

I believe the answer is:

seminal

(Other definitions for seminal that I've seen before include "Giving rise to new developments by menials" , "Germinal" , "Menials giving rise to new beginnings" , "Strongly influencing future developments" , "Generating new developments for menials" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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