DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
La·mel·la n.; pl. L. Lamellæ E. Lamellas 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.
◄ ►
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
[also: lamellae (pl)]