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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024la•mel•late (lə mel′āt, lam′ə lāt′),USA pronunciation adj. - Anatomy, Botany, Zoologycomposed of or having lamellae.
- flat; platelike.
Also, lam′el•lat′ed, la•mel•lose (lə mel′ōs, lam′ə lōs′).USA pronunciation - Neo-Latin lāmellātus. See lamella, -ate1
- 1820–30
lam′el•late′ly, adv. lam•el•los•i•ty (lam′ə los′i tē),USA pronunciation n. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024la•mel•la (lə mel′ə),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mel•lae (-mel′ē),USA pronunciation -mel•las. - Anatomy, Zoologya thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
- [Bot.]
- Botanyan erect scale or blade inserted at the junction of the claw and limb in some corollas and forming a part of their corona or crown.
- Botany(in mosses) a thin sheet of cells standing up along the midrib of a leaf.
- Fungi[Mycol.]gill1 (def. 2).
- Buildinga member of wood, metal, or reinforced concrete, joined in a crisscross pattern with other lamellae to form a vault.
- Ophthalmologya small disk of gelatin and glycerin mixed with a medicinal substance, used as a medicament for the eyes.
- Latin lāmella, diminutive of lāmina lame2
- 1670–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lamella /ləˈmɛlə/ n ( pl -lae / -liː/, -las)- a thin layer, plate, or membrane, esp any of the calcified layers of which bone is formed
Etymology: 17th Century: New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of lāmina thin platelaˈmellar, lamellate /ˈlæmɪˌleɪt -lɪt; ləˈmɛleɪt -lɪt/, lamellose /ləˈmɛləʊs; ˈlæmɪˌləʊs/ adj |