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Placenta   /pləsˈɛntə/   Listen
Placenta

noun
(pl. L. placentae, E. placentas)
1.
That part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form.
2.
The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus.



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... jerk, so that the pod breaks in two with a crisp crack. The girls take the broken pods and scoop out the snow-like beans with a flat wooden spoon or a piece of rib-bone, the beans being pulled off the stringy core (or placenta) which holds them together. The beans are put preferably into baskets or, failing these, on to broad banana leaves, which are used ...
— Cocoa and Chocolate - Their History from Plantation to Consumer • Arthur W. Knapp


Words linked to "Placenta" :   vascular structure, ovary, embryonic membrane, placental, veil, uterus, afterbirth, womb, caul, reproductive structure


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