English Explanatory Dictionary

secundine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine.
  2. The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes.

Word forms

secundine secundines

Etymology

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

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