Placentation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Placentation is a noun meaning (botany) The manner in which the seeds are attached to the placenta within the ovary locules.
Meaning
(botany) The manner in which the seeds are attached to the placenta within the ovary locules.
More Meanings
- (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.
Example Sentences
Parietal placentation occurs in the Brassicaceae family.
Specialized hemophagous regions are a striking characteristic of some of these placentas yet absent in hyraxes, elephant shrews, and golden moles. It is possible that the common ancestor of the Afrotheria had an endotheliochorial placenta.
Word Forms
- placentations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include axile, epitheliochorial, hemochorial, monochorionic, placentogenesis, placentopoiesis.
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