Etymology

semencine

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Today it means: santonica Full definition →

Latin semen
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  1. Latin · derived fromsemen
  2. English todaysemencine

Probably from Latin semen + ? (cf. original taxonomic name Artemisia cina), so meaning something like "cina seed"

Words from the same roots

Latinsemen all →

semenseminalseminomaseminismseministseminivorousseminose

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