01 n. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
pl.
Laminæ, Laminas ((-nē))
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A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
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2.
The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.(Bot.)
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3.
A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.(Zool.)