placentiferousadj.
/ˌplas(ə)nˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌplæs(ə)nˈtɪf(ə)rəs/ Zoology and (now chiefly) Botany.
Bearing or having a placenta.
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placentiferous1667
placental1837
placentigerous1890
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having style, pistil, or female parts > of or relating to or having a placenta
placental1791
placentary1839
placentiferous1878
placentigerous1890
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 512 All Placentiferous Animals (if I may assume this word) he affirms to have three Membranes.
1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1236 The one [Uterus] being Glanduliferous, and the other Placentiferous.
1853 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 4) 452 The fruit indurated or drupaceous.., sometimes perforated in the centre from the dissepiments not reaching the axis before they diverge and become placentiferous.
1878 M. T. Masters Henfrey's Bot. 300 As though the placentiferous lines were detached.
1909 W. L. Jepson Trees Calif. 214 Valves of the fruit 2, falling away from the placentiferous partition and releasing usually winged seeds.
1973 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 60 20 The whole inner surface of the ovary appearing placentiferous.
2000 Bot. Rev. (Nexis) 1 Apr. 155 Pericarpium formed of four confluent pistilla, of which two are placentiferous and furnished with stigmata, and two destitute of placentae and stigmata.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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