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semina |
1 definition 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.
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