seminiferousadj.

/sɛmɪˈnɪfərəs/

Forms: Also 1700s semen-.

Etymology: < Latin sēmin-, sēmen semen n. + -iferous comb. form.

1. Botany. Bearing or producing seed. seminiferous scale, in Coniferæ the scale above the bract-scale bearing the ovules, and ultimately the seeds.

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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective]

pippined?1440

seedy1574

seeded1610

graniferous1656

seminiferous1692

corned1800

pippy1859

spermatophytic1905

1692 J. Ray in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 198 Because, being seminiferous, I deferred it when I entred the Lenticulæ.

1707 Monthly Miscell. Dec. I. 230 Seminiferous Cup Mushroom.

1720 P. 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.

1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 172 Most of the seminiferous, or Seed tribe.

1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 109 Seminiferous dissepiment parallel with the valves.

1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 518 The seminiferous scales..appear to be axillary structures in the axils of bracts..which spring from the axis of the cone.

2. Anatomy. Containing or conveying the seminal fluid; bearing or producing semen.

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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [adjective] > seminal or spermatic ducts

spermatic1541

seminary1592

spermatical1615

seminiferous1828

seminiferal1840

spermatiferous1862

parepididymal1890

1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 799 These filaments are the seminiferous vessels or ducts [Fr. les Vaisseaux ou Conduits séminiferes].

1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy i. 33 In the male we have the bundles of seminiferous tubules enclosed in a fibrous capsule.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	seminiferous
释义	seminiferousadj. /sɛmɪˈnɪfərəs/ Forms: Also 1700s semen-. Etymology: < Latin sēmin-, sēmen semen n. + -iferous comb. form. 1. Botany. Bearing or producing seed. seminiferous scale, in Coniferæ the scale above the bract-scale bearing the ovules, and ultimately the seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] pippined?1440 seedy1574 seeded1610 graniferous1656 seminiferous1692 corned1800 pippy1859 spermatophytic1905 1692 J. Ray in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 198 Because, being seminiferous, I deferred it when I entred the Lenticulæ. 1707 Monthly Miscell. Dec. I. 230 Seminiferous Cup Mushroom. 1720 P. 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. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 172 Most of the seminiferous, or Seed tribe. 1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 109 Seminiferous dissepiment parallel with the valves. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 518 The seminiferous scales..appear to be axillary structures in the axils of bracts..which spring from the axis of the cone. 2. Anatomy. Containing or conveying the seminal fluid; bearing or producing semen. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > ducts > [adjective] > seminal or spermatic ducts spermatic1541 seminary1592 spermatical1615 seminiferous1828 seminiferal1840 spermatiferous1862 parepididymal1890 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 799 These filaments are the seminiferous vessels or ducts [Fr. les Vaisseaux ou Conduits séminiferes]. 1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy i. 33 In the male we have the bundles of seminiferous tubules enclosed in a fibrous capsule. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1692
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