Meanings
plural lamellas · plural lamellae
- A thin, plate-like structure.
The most recent study has been made by Hayasi (78), who finds that the calcareous lamellae which form the sclerodermites are formed by secretions of the calicoblasts and that the latter are not themselves calcified.
1943, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, John West Wells, Revision of the Suborders Families, and Genera of the Scleractinia, page 32
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nounany of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
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Origin
- Latinlāmella“small, thin plate of metal”
- Englishlamella
From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”), from lāmina (“thin plate”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).
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Bulgarian ламела, пластинка
- ламела (lamela)thin structure
- пластинка (plastinka)thin structure
Esperanto lamelo
- lamelothin structure
Polish blaszka, płytka
- blaszkathin structure
- płytkathin structure
Russian ламель
- ламель (lamelʹ)thin structure
Spanish laminilla
- laminillathin structure
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lamella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamella
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