Lewis Short
(verb) : sēmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, semen
* To sow (rare; not in Cic.; syn.: sero, planto).
* Lit.: adoreum, triticum, hordeum, etc.,Col. 2, 8, 1; 2, 8, 3; 2, 9, 15; 2, 9, 16: agrum,id. 2, 4 fin.
* Transf.
* Trop.: cultum dei per terram,to plant, propagate, disseminate,Lact. 4, 10, 3; 1, 22, 26; 4, 25, 2.
* Of plants, to bring forth, produce: viscum quod non sua seminat arbos,Verg. A. 6, 206.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary