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placenta
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[pləˈsɛntə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord
- (in flowers) part of the ovary wall to which the ovules are attached
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Origin
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mid 17th century: from Latin, from Greek plakous, plakount- ‘flat cake’, based on plax, plak- ‘flat plate’
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