seminiferous

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(-nif′ər əs)

adjective

  1. seed-bearing
  2. containing or conveying semen: seminiferous tubules

Origin: < L semen (gen. seminis), a seed + -ferous

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adjective
Biology
  1. Conveying, containing, or producing semen.
  2. Bearing seed.

Origin:

Origin: Latin sēmen, sēmin-, seed, semen; see semen

Origin: + -ferous

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