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placenta

DEFINITIONS OF: placenta

1

n the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

Types:
afterbirth
the placenta and fetal membranes that are expelled from the uterus after the baby is born
Type of:
vascular structure
a structure composed of or provided with blood vessels

n that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

Type of:
reproductive structure
the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
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