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   pla·cen·ta

   /pləˈsen(t)ə/

   noun

   • 1. a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.
   • 2. (in flowers) part of the ovary wall to which the ovules are attached.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin, from Greek plakous, plakount- ‘flat cake’, based on plax, plak- ‘flat plate’.

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