Hyphenation of placenta

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word placenta? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pla-cen-ta

Definitions of placenta:

1.	That part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form
2.	The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

Synonyms of placenta:

noun	reproductive structure
noun	vascular structure

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.