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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Semen \Se"men\, n.; pl {Semina}. [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 cin[ae] or cyn[ae]}, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Artemisia \Ar`te*mi"si*a\ ([aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]zh"[i^]*[.a] or [aum]rt[-e]"m[i^]sh"[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. Artemisia, Gr 'Artemisi`a.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these {A. absinthium}, or common wormwood, is well known and {A. tridentata} is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: artemisia n : any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or grayish foliage
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