semen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
    ejaculate; seminal fluid; seed; cum; come.

WordNet


Se"men noun
Etymology
L., from the root of serere, satum, to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.
Wordforms
plural Semina
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913