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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:

Nouns denoting body parts

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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("lamella" is a kind of...):

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

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