lamella
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lamella
- /ləˈmɛl.ə/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɛlə
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From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”), from lāmina (“thin plate”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).
noun lamellas · lamellae
- A thin, plate-like structure. The most recent study has been made by Hayasi (78), who finds that the calcareous lamellae which form the sclerodermites are formed by secretions of the calicoblasts and that the latter are not themselves calcified.
- The gill of a mushroom.
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Talk about this word "lamella." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lamella. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lamella. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lamella "lamella." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lamella.Cite this
@misc{lamella_2026,
title = {lamella},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lamella},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
