semination

noun

1. a sowing or impregnating; dissemination.

noun

1. rare the production, dispersal, or sowing of seed

n.1530s, “action of sowing, from Latin seminationem (nominative seminato) “a sowing, propagation,” noun of action from past participle stem of seminare “to plant, propagate,” from semen (genitive seminis) “seed” (see semen). n.

1. Insemination.