Meaning

2 senses
  1. A thin, plate-like structure.

    ламельlamelʹ

    thin plate

  2. A thin, plate-like structure.

    The gill of a mushroom.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
thin structure:

Origin

From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”), from lāmina (“thin plate”) + -lus (dimi

From Latin lāmella (“small, thin plate of metal”), from lāmina (“thin plate”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).

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Forms

plural: lamellas / lamellae
Singularlamella
Plurallamellas / lamellae

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus:gill

Word family

12 related words

See also

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