secundina

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.kunˈdi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [se.kunˈdi.na]

secundina f (plural secundines)

1. (botany) the second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine
2. (anatomy, in the plural) afterbirth

• “secundina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007