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laminal
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lam·i·na  (lm-n)
n. pl. lam·i·nae (-n) or lam·i·nas
1. A thin plate, sheet, or layer.
2. Botany
a. The expanded area of a leaf or petal; a blade.
b. The bladelike part of a kelp.
3. A thin layer of bone, membrane, or other tissue.
4. Zoology A thin scalelike or platelike structure, as one of the thin layers of sensitive vascular tissue in the hoof of a horse.
5. Geology A narrow bed of rock.

[Latin lmina.]

lami·nar, lami·nal adj.
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Adj.1.laminal - arranged in or consisting of laminae
bedded, stratified - deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock"


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