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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.

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[Latin lmina.]

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lami·nar, lami·nal adj.

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Adj.

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laminar - arranged in or consisting of laminae laminal bedded, stratified - deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock"