Dictionary Entry
placenta
placenta is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.
- 2noun
The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.
- 3noun
the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus
- 4noun
that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form
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