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seminiferous, a.|sɛmɪˈnɪfərəs|
Also 8 semen-.
[f. L. sēmin-, sēmen semen + -iferous.]
1. Bot. Bearing or producing seed.
seminiferous scale, in Coniferæ the scale above the bract-scale bearing the ovules, and ultimately the seeds.
1692Ray in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 198 Because, being seminiferous, I deferred it when I entred the Lenticulæ. 1707Monthly Miscell. Dec. I. 230 Seminiferous Cup Mushroom. 1720P. Blair Bot. Ess. iii. 192 There is a Difference among the Flowers of this Valerian, for some are Seminiferous, more compactly united, like the Heads of Scabiosa. 1784Twamley Dairying Exemp. 172 Most of the seminiferous, or Seed tribe. 1821W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. I. 109 Seminiferous dissepiment parallel with the valves. 1882Vines Sachs' Bot. 518 The seminiferous scales..appear to be axillary structures in the axils of bracts..which spring from the axis of the cone.
2. Anat. Containing or conveying the seminal fluid; bearing or producing semen.
1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 808 These filaments are the seminiferous vessels or ducts. 1860Tanner Pregnancy i. 33 In the male we have the bundles of seminiferous tubules enclosed in a fibrous capsule. |
