a. [ L. secundus following the course or current of wind or water. See Second, a. ] (Bot.) Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. secundatus, p. p. of secundare to direct favorably. ] To make prosperous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Prosperity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. secondine. ] 1. (Bot.) The second coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the ripened seed the primine and secundine are usually united to form the testa, or outer seed coat. When they remain distinct the secundine becomes the mesosperm, as in the castor bean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. F. secondines. ] The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; -- generally used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. secundus second + genitura a begetting, generation. ] A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited. [ 1913 Webster ]

The kingdom of Naples . . . was constituted a secundo-geniture of Spain. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]