Definition of Marginal placentation

1. Noun. With ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovary.

Exact synonyms: Ventral Placentation
Generic synonyms: Placentation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marginal Placentation

marginal blepharitis
marginal corneal degeneration
marginal cost
marginal cost of capital
marginal costs
marginal crest
marginal distribution
marginal farmer
marginal fasciculus
marginal gingivitis
marginal gyrus
marginal keratitis
marginal layer
marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve
marginal part of orbicularis oris muscle
marginal placentation (current term)
marginal rays
marginal ridge
marginal ring ulcer of cornea
marginal sea
marginal seas
marginal sphincter
marginal tentorial branch of internal carotid artery
marginal tubercle
marginal tubercle of zygomatic bone
marginal utility
marginal wood fern
marginal zone
marginalia
marginalisable

Literary usage of Marginal placentation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In marginal placentation the part of the carpel bearing the placenta is the inner or ventral suture, corresponding to the margin of the folded ..."

2. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"... suture (midrib) of the carpel being the only sterile portion of its internal surface. Of marginal placentation there are two varieties: in the one ..."

3. Elementary Botany for South Africa, Theoretical and Practical by Henry Edmonds, Rudolf Marloth (1897)
"marginal placentation. FIG. 164. — Unilocular FIG. 165.—Lateral style ovary, with free central of Strawberry, placenta. In some cases of a unilocular ovary, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In marginal placentation the part of the carpel bearing the placenta is the inner or ventral tutor«, corresponding to the margin of the folded ..."

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