lamina
(noun) a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lamina (plural laminas or laminae)
A very thin layer of material.
Synonym: sheet
(anatomy) A thin plate or scale, such as the arch of a vertebra.
(botany) The flat part of a leaf or leaflet; the blade.
Synonym: blade
(geology) A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
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Source: Wiktionary
Lam"i*na, n.; pl. L. Lamella.
1. A thin plate or scale; a laying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. Gray.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
