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”).
Noun
secundina f (plural secundines)
- (botany) the second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine
- (anatomy, in the plural) afterbirth
Further reading
- “secundina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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