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LAMELLA
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Irregular inflected form: lamellae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thin plate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lamella" is a kind of...):
plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lamella" is a kind of...):
membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)
Holonyms ("lamella" is a part of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
Synonyms:
gill; lamella
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lamella" is a kind of...):
plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)
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