From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lamella \La*mel"la\, noun; pl. L. {Lamell[ae]}, E. {Lamellas}. [L. lamella, dim. of lamina plate, leaf, layer: cf. F. lamelle. Cf. {Lamina}, {Omelet}.] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus [syn: {gill}]
2: a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones
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