secundina

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin secundinae (“afterbirth”), from Latin secundae (“afterbirth”), shortened from secundae membranae "the second membranes", from secundus (“following, coming next”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.kunˈdi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [se.kunˈdi.na]

Noun

secundina f (plural secundines)

1. (botany) the second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine
2. (anatomy, in the plural) afterbirth

Further reading

• “secundina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.