 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
semen
noun: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: {seed}, {seminal
fluid}, {ejaculate}, {cum}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Semen \Se"men\ (s[=e]"m[e^]n), noun; 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.
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 {Semen 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 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
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