EGAVE

placentation

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The local fusion of the embryonic stage of an animal to its parent for physiological exchange to promote the growth and development of the young; involves a placenta in non-egglaying mammals.
  2. noun The manner in which the seeds are attached to the placenta within the ovary locules.
    Parietal placentation occurs in the Brassicaceae family.

Similar words

axile epitheliochorial hemochorial monochorionic placentogenesis placentopoiesis placentophagy embryonization placentotrophy matrotrophy

Often followed by

in is of and axile parietal basal are marginal

Word family

placentations

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