Definitions for placentation

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placentation plac·en·ta·tion

Spelling: [plas-uh n-tey-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌplæs ənˈteɪ ʃən/

Placentation is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 1156 anagrams from letters in placentation (aaceilnnoptt).

Definitions for placentation

noun

1. Anatomy, Zoology. the formation of a placenta. the manner of placement or construction of a placenta.
2. Botany. the disposition or arrangement of a placenta or placentas.

Origin of placentation

From French, dating back to 1750-60; See origin at placenta, -ation

Examples for placentation

In double flowers of Primulaceæ similar alterations in the placentation may often be observed.

The placentation is constantly axile in the inferior row and parietal in the upper one.

To Santalaceæ they approach in processes, valvate corolla, and placentation, also to Loranthaceæ.