GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Lamina , n.; pl. L. Laminæ E. Laminas . [L. cf. Lamella.]
- A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.1913 Webster
- (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.Gray.1913 Webster
- (Zool.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.1913 Webster
- A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.