"semo" meaning in Esperanto

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsemo/ Forms: semon [accusative]
Rhymes: -emo Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ Proto-Italic *sēmn̥ Latin sēmenbor. Esperanto semo Borrowed from Latin sēmen. Etymology templates: {{ety|eo|:bor|la:sēmen|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *séh₁mn̥ Proto-Italic *sēmn̥ Latin sēmenbor. Esperanto semo [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "sow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*seh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*séh₁mn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*sēmn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sēmen", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Esperanto", "term" : "semo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "eo" }" data-lang="eo" data-title="semo"> Borrowed from Latin sēmen. Head templates: {{eo-head|-}} semo (uncountable, accusative semon)
  1. (botany) seed (collectively) Tags: uncountable Meronyms: semero
    Sense id: en-semo-eo-noun-PhYlxPxE Categories (other): Botany, Esperanto entries with etymology texts, Esperanto entries with etymology trees, Esperanto entries with etymon, Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Bodily fluids Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with etymology texts: 58 12 30 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with etymology trees: 58 12 30 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with etymon: 59 5 35 Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 61 3 36 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 60 5 34 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 57 12 31 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 60 5 34 Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 53 7 40 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. human semen Tags: uncountable Synonyms: ĉuro [slang], spermo
    Sense id: en-semo-eo-noun-hJ8RAoet
  3. (figuratively) all of one's descendants; bloodline Tags: figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-semo-eo-noun-EuJ2KdTp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dissemi, linsemo, lunsemo, minsemanto, prisemado, prisemi, sema, semado, semdona, semero, semi, semilo, semitaĵo, semotaŭga, semotempo, semriĉa, semŝelo, vermosemo

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "semero"
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          "english": "And God said: Let the earth grow a plant, grass, which bears seeds, a fruit tree, which gives fruit according to its kind, whose seed is inside itself, on the earth; and it was made so.",
          "ref": "1927, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., La Sankta Biblio [The Holy Bible] (hardcover), London; Edinburgh: British and Foreign Bible Society; Scottish Bible Society, →ISBN, page 5:",
          "text": "Kaj Dio diris: Kreskigu la tero verdaĵon, herbon, kiu naskas semon, fruktarbon, kiu donas laŭ sia speco frukton, kies semo estas en ĝi mem, sur la tero; kaj fariĝis tiel.",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsemo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-emo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semo"
}
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      "word": "semado"
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      "word": "semero"
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          "text": "Kaj Dio diris: Kreskigu la tero verdaĵon, herbon, kiu naskas semon, fruktarbon, kiu donas laŭ sia speco frukton, kies semo estas en ĝi mem, sur la tero; kaj fariĝis tiel.",
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