placentation

DEFINITIONS OF: placentation

Type of:: activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
an organic process that takes place in the body

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; 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

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

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