English edit

Etymology edit

placenta +‎ -form

Adjective edit

placentiform (comparative more placentiform, superlative most placentiform)

  1. (botany) Having the shape of a placenta, or thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for placentiform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)