SEMEN

‖Se″men (sē″mĕn), n.; pl. Semina (sĕm″ĭ‐nȧ). [[L., from the root of serere, satum, to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.]] 1. 1. (Bot.) The seed of plants.
2. 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.