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English noun: placenta

1. placenta (plant) that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form


Broader (hypernym)reproductive structure


Part meronymovary

2. placenta (body) the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus


Broader (hypernym)vascular structure


Narrower (hyponym)afterbirth


Part holonymcaul, embryonic membrane, veil


Part meronymuterus, womb









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