seminiferous
Americanadjective
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Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
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Botany. bearing or producing seed.
adjective
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containing, conveying, or producing semen
the seminiferous tubules of the testes
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(of plants) bearing or producing seeds
Etymology
Origin of seminiferous
1685–95; < Latin sēmin- (stem of sēmen ) seed, semen + -i- + -ferous
Example Sentences
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Coiled in each wedge are seminiferous tubules that produce sperm.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
A complex network of small tubes—the seminiferous tubules—travel throughout the testicles, allowing the sperm to reach their next destination: the epididymis.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2018
The Vas deferens is a tube connecting the seminiferous tubules to the ejaculatory duct, which begins in the prostate gland.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Spermatogenesis, the production of sperm, occurs within the seminiferous tubules that make up most of the testis.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
These projections and ridges may be homologous with the seminiferous scale of the pines, firs, cedars, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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