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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus [syn: gill, lamella]
2: a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones
3: thin plate

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural lamellae; also lamellas) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of lamina thin plate Date: 1678 a thin flat scale, membrane, or layer: as a. one of the thin plates composing the gills of a bivalve mollusk b. a gill of a mushroom

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. lamellae) 1 a thin layer, membrane, scale, or platelike tissue or part, esp. in bone tissue. 2 Bot. a membranous fold in a chloroplast. Derivatives: lamellar adj. lamellate adj. lamelliform adj. lamellose adj. Etymology: L, dimin. of lamina: see LAMINA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lamella La*mel"la, n.; pl. L. Lamell[ae], E. Lamellas. [L. lamella, dim. of lamina plate, leaf, layer: cf. F. lamelle. Cf. Lamina, Omelet.] a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [L.] Scale, lamina, layer, coat, flake, coating, thin plate.