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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Semen has 1 sense
- semen(n = noun.body) come, cum, ejaculate, seed, seminal fluid - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract; Array has particulars: milt
is a kind of bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance
has parts: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon
Derived form verb inseminate2
CIDE DICTIONARY
Semen, n. [L., from the root of serere, satum, to sow. See Sow to scatter seed.].
- The seed of plants. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Semen, n. the reproductive fluid of male animals, containing spermatozoa in suspension.
Etymology
ME f. L semen seminis seed f. serere to sow
THESAURUS
Semen
androcyte, antheridium, antherozoid, autacoid, bile, chalone, digestive secretion, endocrine, gall, gastric juice, hormone, intestinal juice, male gamete, milt, mucus, pancreatic juice, pollen, prostatic fluid, protein, rheum, salivary secretion, scum, seed, seminal fluid, sperm, sperm cell, spermagonium, spermatic fluid, spermatid, spermatiophore, spermatium, spermatocyte, spermatogonium, spermatophore, spermatozoa, spermatozoid, spermatozoon, tears, thyroxinROGET THESAURUS
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Cause
N cause, origin, source, principle, element, occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile, vera causa, author, mainspring, agent, leaven, groundwork, foundation, spring, fountain, well, font, fountainhead, spring head, wellhead, fons et origo, genesis, descent, remote cause, influence, pivot, hinge, turning point, lever, crux, fulcrum, key, proximate cause, causa causans, straw that breaks the camel's back, ground, reason, reason why, why and wherefore, rationale, occasion, derivation, final cause, les dessous des cartes, undercurrents, rudiment, egg, germ, embryo, bud, root, radix radical, etymon, nucleus, seed, stem, stock, stirps, trunk, tap-root, gemmule, radicle, semen, sperm, nest, cradle, nursery, womb, nidus, birthplace, hotbed, causality, causation, origination, production, caused, causal, original, primary, primitive, primordial, aboriginal, protogenal, radical, embryonic, embryotic, in embryo, in ovo, seminal, germinal, at the bottom of, connate, having a common origin, because, behind the scenes, causa latet vis est notissima, felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.
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