lamella plural
la·mel·la
The plural form of lamella is lamellae
L lDefinitions
- noun plural lamella a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls. 1
- noun plural lamella Botany. an 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. (in mosses) a thin sheet of cells standing up along the midrib of a leaf. 1
- noun plural lamella Mycology. gill1 (def 2). 1
- noun plural lamella Building Trades. a member of wood, metal, or reinforced concrete, joined in a crisscross pattern with other lamellae to form a vault. 1
- noun plural lamella Ophthalmology. a small disk of gelatin and glycerin mixed with a medicinal substance, used as a medicament for the eyes. 1