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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lamella

· La·mel·la · IPA /ləˈmɛl.ə/
01 n. 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…
pl. Lamellæ, Lamellas ((#))
  1. 1.
    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.