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Lamina

Lam′i-na

(lăm′ĭ-nȧ)
,
Noun.
;
pl. L.
Laminæ
(-nē)
E.
Laminas
(-nȧz)
.
[L. cf.
Lamella
.]
1.
A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; – said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
2.
(Bot.)
The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
Gray.
3.
(Zool.)
A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.

Definition 2024


lâmina

lâmina

See also: lamina, Lamina, laminá, lámina, and làmina

Portuguese

Noun

lâmina f (plural lâminas)

  1. blade
  2. (mycology) gill (any of the folds on the underside of a mushroom’s cap)

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