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The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth.

Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.

A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.

Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.

The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.

Having or producing a placenta.

Having the shape of a placenta, or circular thickened disk somewhat thinner about the middle.

Pleasing; amiable. [Obs.] "A placentious person." Fuller.

One who places or sets. Spenser.

promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. Shipley. The king . . . annulled the royal placet. J. P. Peters.

Having a broad, flat face.

Downy; bearing down.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniaceæ), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polygalaceæ) of which Polygala is the type.

Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonaceæ), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the type, and which includes also the docks (Rumex), the buckwheat, rhubarb, sea grape (Coccoloba), and several other genera.

The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding.

Pertaining to the Pomacentridæ, a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes.

Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pomeæ) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc.

rank, office, education, or profession. Pope. To . . . calm the peers and please the populace. Daniel. They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces. Tennyson.

Porphyritic.