||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 cinæ or
cynæ, 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.