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se⋅mé

[suh-mey]
–adjective Heraldry.
covered with many small, identical figures.

Origin:
1555–65; < F: lit., sown, ptp. of semer < L sēmināre to sow, equiv. to sēmin- (s. of sēmen) seed, semen + -āre inf. suffix
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adj.   Heraldry
Having a design embellished with small delicate figures, such as a lacing of stars or flowers.

[French, from Old French, past participle of semer, to sow, scatter, from Latin sēmināre, from sēmen, sēmin-, seed; see sē- in Indo-European roots.]
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