Placentation

• Title

  Placentation

• Definition

  In broadest terms, the arrangement of ovules within the ovary. See axile, basal, free-central, and parietal placentation.

• Related Terms

  Parietal placentation

  Axile placentation

  Placentation free-central

  Basal placentation

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