placentation
English
Etymology
placenta + -ation
Noun
placentation (countable and uncountable, plural placentations)
- (biology) 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.
- (botany) The manner in which the seeds are attached to the placenta within the ovary locules.
- Parietal placentation occurs in the Brassicaceae family.
- Hyponyms: parietal placentation, axile placentation, free central placentation
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
placentation f (plural placentations)
- placentation
Further reading
- “placentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.