SEMEN

semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come

(noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

semen (uncountable)

A sticky, milky fluid produced in male reproductive organs that contains the reproductive cells.

Synonyms

• (Male reproductory fluid): ejaculate, sperm; (slang): jissom, jism, jizz, spunk, cum, seed, spurt, spooge, splooge, load, skeet

• See also semen

Anagrams

• menes, mense, mesen, mesne, neems

Proper noun

Semen (plural Semens)

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Семен.

Anagrams

• menes, mense, mesen, mesne, neems

Source: Wiktionary


Se"men, n.; pl. Semina. Etym: [L., from the root of serere, satum, to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: The seed of plants.

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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