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polycotyledonary

polycotyledonary adjective: having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.

Adjective

polycotyledonary (not comparable)

  1. Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.

Origin of polycotyledonary

From poly- + cotyledon + -ary.

Questions about polycotyledonary

What does polycotyledonary mean?
Polycotyledonary means having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons.
What part of speech is polycotyledonary?
Polycotyledonary is an adjective.

Words near polycotyledonary in the dictionary

  1. polycot
  2. polycots
  3. polycotton
  4. polycottons
  5. polycotyledon
  6. polycotyledonary
  7. polycotyledonous
  8. polycotyledons
  9. polycotyledony
  10. polycotylid
  11. polycotylids

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