Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lamella"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lamella \La*mel"la\, n.; pl. L. {Lamell[ae]}, E. {Lamellas}. [L.
lamella, dim. of lamina plate, leaf, layer: cf. F. lamelle.
Cf. {Lamina}, {Omelet}.]
a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing
from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates
or scales of which certain shells are composed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lamella
n 1: any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on
the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
[syn: {gill}]
2: a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that
form bones
3: thin plate
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