noun
- the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
noun
- the thick whitish fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated from the male genital tract
- another name for sperm 1
n.late 14c., from Latin semen “seed of plants, animals, or men; race, inborn characteristic; posterity, progeny, offspring,” figuratively “origin, essence, principle, cause,” from PIE *si-so-, reduplication of root *se- (1) “to sow” (cf. Latin serere “to sow,” Old Prussian semen “seed,” Lithuanian semens “seed of flax,” Old Church Slavonic seme, Old High German samo “seed,” German Same; see sow (v.)). n.
- A viscous whitish secretion of the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa and consisting of secretions of the testes, seminal vesicles, prostate, and bulbourethral glands.
- A thick, whitish fluid that is produced during ejaculation by male mammals and carries sperm cells.
The sticky white fluid produced in the male reproductive system that carries sperm.