# placenta cake

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A dessert cake originating in ancient Greece consisting of layered dough interwoven with cheese and honey, along with various other ingredients to suit the recipe.

## Etymology
From Latin placenta (“flat cake”); the dessert is the original sense of the word placenta.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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