lamina Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)

WordNet

Lam"i*na noun
Wordforms
plural L Lamella
Definitions
  1. A thin plate or scale; a laying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
  2. (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. Gray.
  3. (Zoöl.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.

Webster 1913