Hypertext Webster Gateway: "semen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Semen \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 cin[ae] or 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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
semen
n : the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: {seed}, {seminal
fluid}, {ejaculate}, {cum}]
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