la·mel·la (l -m l )n. pl. la·mel·lae (-m l  ) or la·mel·las A thin scale, plate, or layer of bone or tissue, as in the gills of a bivalve mollusk or around the minute vascular canals in bone. [Latin l  mella, small thin plate, diminutive of lmina, thin plate.]la·mel lar adj.la·mel lar·ly adv. |
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| Noun | 1. | lamella - any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |
| 2. | lamella - a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones tissue layer, membrane - a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants | |
| 3. | lamella - thin plate plate - a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic |
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