Semen

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Semen \Se"men\ (s[=e]"m[e^]n), n.; pl. {Semina}
     (s[e^]m"[i^]*n[.a]). [L., from the root of serere, satum, to
     sow. See {Sow} to scatter seed.]
     1. (Bot.) The seed of plants.
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     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.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  semen
       n : the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
           ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: {seed}, {seminal
           fluid}, {ejaculate}, {cum}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "semen":
     androcyte, antheridium, antherozoid, autacoid, bile, chalone,
     digestive secretion, endocrine, gall, gastric juice, hormone,
     intestinal juice, male gamete, milt, mucus, pancreatic juice,
     pollen, prostatic fluid, protein, rheum, salivary secretion, scum,
     seed, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cell, spermagonium,
     spermatic fluid, spermatid, spermatiophore, spermatium,
     spermatocyte, spermatogonium, spermatophore, spermatozoa,
     spermatozoid, spermatozoon, tears, thyroxin