secundina

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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

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

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