Sē'men, n.

n. [Lat., from the root se, whence serere, seri, satum, to sow.] Seed, especially the male generative product of animals; sperm.

Semen contra, or semen cinae or cynae, a strong, aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, broken peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; worm-seed.