lamellar.

Composed of thin plates or sheets arranged in layers.

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Words that belong together

• lamellar structure
• lamellar bone

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The lamellar structure separated into delicate sheets under the blade.

A pale lamellar growth lined the inside of the shell.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a material, structural, phonetic, or color classification; use degree language only for a meaningful resemblance. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.