| NOUN | process | placentation | the formation of the placenta in the uterus |
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| plant | placentation | arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary |
| Meaning | The formation of the placenta in the uterus. | |
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| Broader | bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity | An organic process that takes place in the body |
| Spanish | placentación | |
| Catalan | placentació | |
| Meaning | arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary. | |
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| Narrower | apical placentation | Where one or few ovules develop at the top of a simple or compound ovary |
| axile placentation | ovules are borne at or around the center of a compound ovary on an axis formed from joined septa | |
| basal placentation | Where one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovary | |
| free central placentation | Where ovules develop on a central column in a compound ovary lacking septa or with septa at base only | |
| lamellate placentation | With ovules on thin extensions of the placentae into a compound ovary | |
| marginal placentation, ventral placentation | With ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovary | |
| parietal placentation | Where ovules develop on the wall or slight outgrowths of the wall forming broken partitions within a compound ovary | |
| Broader | reproductive structure | The parts of a plant involved in its reproduction |
| Spanish | placentación | |
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