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Webster 1913 Edition

Semen

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Se′men

(sē′mĕn)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Semina
(sĕm′ĭ-nȧ)
.
[L., from the root of
serere
,
satum
, to sow. See
Sow
to scatter seed.]
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.

Definition 2024

sémen

sémen

See also: semen, semèn, and sêmen

Portuguese

Noun

sémen m (uncountable) (European orthography)

  1. Alternative form of sêmen

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