lamina.

1. A thin plate, sheet, or layer of material or tissue.

2. The expanded blade of a leaf, distinguished from its stalk.

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Words that belong together

• a thin lamina
• bony laminae

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A thin lamina separated the two cavities.

The laminae overlapped along the exposed edge.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular lamina; plural laminae or laminas. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.