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lamella |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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