'lamellately
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lamella (ləˈmɛlə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -lae, -las | |
| 1. | a thin layer, plate, or membrane, esp any of the calcified layers of which bone is formed |
| 2. | botany |
| a. any of the spore-bearing gills of a mushroom | |
| b. any of the membranes in a chloroplast | |
| c. Also called: middle lamella a layer of pectin cementing together adjacent cells | |
| 3. | one of a number of timber, metal, or concrete members connected along a pattern of intersecting diagonal lines to form a framed vaulted roof structure |
| 4. | any thin sheet of material or thin layer in a fluid |
| [C17: New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of lāmina thin plate] | |
| la'mellar | |
| —adj | |
| lamellate | |
| —adj | |
| lamellose | |
| —adj | |
| la'mellarly | |
| —adv | |
| 'lamellately | |
| —adv | |
| 'lamellated | |
| —adj | |
| lamel'lation | |
| —n | |
| lamellosity | |
| —n | |
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