01 n. The seed of plants.
pl.
Semina ((sĕm"ĭ*nȧ))
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1.
The seed of plants.(Bot.)
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2.
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.(Physiol.)
Phrases & compounds
Semen contra —
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.