MARGINAL PLACENTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marginal placentation mean? 

• MARGINAL PLACENTATION (noun)
  The noun MARGINAL PLACENTATION has 1 sense:

1. with ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovary

  Familiarity information: MARGINAL PLACENTATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARGINAL PLACENTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

marginal placentation; ventral placentation

Hypernyms ("marginal placentation" is a kind of...):

placentation (arrangement of the ovules in the placenta and of the placentas in the ovary)