胎座

tāizuò

noun

Measure Word

一个胎座 gè

Meanings

1 placenta (botany)
2 the part of a plant ovary where ovules attach

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Examples

在植物学中，胎座是子房内胚珠着生的部位。

Zài zhíwùxué zhōng, tāizuò shì zǐfáng nèi pēizhū zhuóshēng de bùwèi.

In botany, the placenta is the part of the ovary where ovules are attached.

不同植物的胎座类型各不相同。

Bùtóng zhíwù de tāizuò lèixíng gè bù xiāngtóng.

The placenta types differ across plant species.

Tips

mistakes

In Chinese, the human/mammal placenta is 胎盘 (tāipán), not 胎座. 胎座 is reserved for the botanical structure inside a plant's ovary. Mixing them up will sound oddly clinical-meets-botanical.

Stroke Order

胎 tāi

座 zuò