Definitions for lamellaləˈmɛl ə; -ˈmɛl i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

la•mel•laləˈmɛl ə; -ˈmɛl i(n.)(pl.)-mel•lae; -mel•las.

  1. a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as a scale of horny tissue or a mushroom gill.

    Category: Biology

Origin of lamella:

1670–80; < L lāmella, dim. of lāminalamina

Princeton's WordNet

  1. gill, lamella(noun)

    any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus

  2. lamella(noun)

    a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones

  3. lamella(noun)

    thin plate

Wiktionary

  1. lamella(Noun)

    a thin, plate-like structure

  2. lamella(Noun)

    the gill of a mushroom.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lamella(noun)

    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


Translations for lamella

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

gill(noun)

a leaf-like structure on the lower side of the top of a mushroom.

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