Semen \Se"men\ (s[=e]"m[e^]n), n.; pl. Semina
(s[e^]m"[i^]*n[.a]). [L., from the root of serere, satum, to
sow. See Sow to scatter seed.]
1. (Bot.) The seed of plants.
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2. (Physiol.) The seed or fecundating fluid of male animals;
sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by
the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids
to which it owes its generative power.
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Semen contra, or Semen cinae or Semen cynae, a strong
aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary,
said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded
flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
semen
n : the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: seed, seminal
fluid, ejaculate, cum]
WordNet (r) 2.0
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "semen":
androcyte, antheridium, antherozoid, autacoid, bile, chalone,
digestive secretion, endocrine, gall, gastric juice, hormone,
intestinal juice, male gamete, milt, mucus, pancreatic juice,
pollen, prostatic fluid, protein, rheum, salivary secretion, scum,
seed, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cell, spermagonium,
spermatic fluid, spermatid, spermatiophore, spermatium,
spermatocyte, spermatogonium, spermatophore, spermatozoa,
spermatozoid, spermatozoon, tears, thyroxin
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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