lamellate

[ luh-mel-eyt, lam-uh-leyt ]

adjective

1. composed of or having lamellae.
2. flat; platelike.

Other Words From

• lamel·lately adverb
• lam·el·los·i·ty [lam-, uh, -, los, -i-tee], noun
• multi·lamel·late adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamellate¹

From the New Latin word lāmellātus, dating back to 1820–30. See lamella, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Lamellar or Lamellate, consisting of flat plates, Lamell�.

From Project Gutenberg

Pores from round to linear and labyrinthiform, the dissepiments always obtuse and never lamellate.

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Thus: Podaxon is a true Gastromycetes, with capillitia mixed with spores; Caulogossum, with its permanent gleba chambers, is close to the Hymenogasters; Secotium is only a step from Caulogossum, the tramal plates being more sinuate-lamellate; and Montagnites, which is usually placed with the Agarics, is only a Gyrophragmium with the plates truly lamellate.

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Hymenium covering the entire free surface or confined to one portion; smooth, gyrose, folded or lobed; or hymenium lamellate, porous, reticulate or toothed forms which are gelatinous and provided with continuous basidia may be sought here.

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Fruiting surface usually on the under side and exposed toward the earth, lamellate, or prominently folded or veined.

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