or SHEM, the son of Noah, memorable for his filial piety in concealing the folly and disgrace of his father, for which he received a remarkable benediction, about 2476 B.C. He lived to the age of 600 years.

RAS SEM. See Ras Sem and Petrified City.

SEMECARPUS, a genus of plants belonging to the pentandria clas. See Botany Index.