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Androecium vs Placenta - What's the difference?

androecium | placenta |

In botany terms the difference between androecium and placenta

is that androecium is the set of a flower's stamens while placenta is in flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

androecium

English

Noun

(androecia)
  • (botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
  • See also

    * gynoecium

    placenta

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation. It supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste. It is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth.
  • (botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.
  • Synonyms

    * afterbirth

    Derived terms

    * placental * placentary