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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Se·men n.; pl. Semina
 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 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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