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noun, plural -mel·lae 
[-mel-ee] , -mel·las.
[-mel-ee] , -mel·las. 1.
a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
2.
Botany.
a.
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.
b.
(in mosses) a thin sheet of cells standing up along the midrib of a leaf.
3.
Mycology. gill1 (def. 2).
4.
Building Trades. a member of wood, metal, or reinforced concrete, joined in a crisscross pattern with other lamellae to form a vault.
5.
Ophthalmology. a small disk of gelatin and glycerin mixed with a medicinal substance, used as a medicament for the eyes.
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Lamella
is always a great word to know.
So is alternation of generations. Does it mean:
| composed of several cells |
| variation in an organism's life cycle of dissimilar reproductive forms |
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lamella la·mel·la (lə-měl'ə)
n. pl. la·mel·las or la·mel·lae (-měl'ē')
A thin scale, plate, or layer of bone or tissue, as around the minute vascular canals in bone.
A medicated gelatin disk, used instead of a solution for application to the conjunctiva. Also called disk.
la·mel'lar adj.
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