lamellan.
/ləˈmɛlə/, U.S. /ləˈmɛlə/ A thin plate, scale, layer, or film, esp. of bone or tissue; e.g. one of the thin scales or plates which compose some shells, one of the gills forming the hymenium of a mushroom, one of the erect scales appended to the corollas of some flowers.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [noun] > thin plate or layer
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1678 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 977 These Lamellæ, wherewith the said Tunick is roll'd up in so many more folds.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 87 The nasal Lamella of the ethmoid Bone.
1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 502 A talcous stone, which when exposed to the sun and air..dissolves into lamellæ.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 244 Corolla monopetalous..5-lobed, with 2 lamellæ at the base of each lobe.
1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xvii. 329 The ventral surface of the central lamella of the terminal fin.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 87 More than fifty lamellae have been noted, under the microscope, in a single crystal.
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