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placenta



cake
cake


Definitions

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placenta
     1. n. a round phyllo cake with a ribbed base and a convex top with a knob in the middle and a honey and cheese filling.C. Grandjouan, Hellenistic Relief Molds from the Athenian Agora (Hesperia Suppl. 23) (1
     2. n. a cake of any type
     3. n. (New Latin) ellipsis of placenta uteri, : placenta
     4. n. singular ablative of placenta



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