LAMINAE

LAMINA

lamina

(noun) a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

laminae

(anatomy) plural of lamina

Anagrams

• Melania, anemial

Source: Wiktionary


LAMINA

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



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