lamella

One of the thin scales, plates, layers, or membranes in an organism, as one of the gills of a mushroom or one of the thin sheets that make up certain bones.

A thin plate or scale. Specifically

Synonyms See lamina.

plural The British pharmacopœial name for medicated gelatin disks used in ophthalmic practice.

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.

a thin, plate-like structure

the gill of a mushroom.

a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones

any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus

thin plate