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Webster 1913 Edition
Semen
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Se′men
(sē′mĕn)
, Noun.
pl.
Semina
(sĕm′ĭ-nȧ)
. 1.
(Bot.)
The seed of plants.
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.
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.