Associations to the word «Lamella»

Wiktionary

LAMELLA, noun. A thin, plate-like structure.
LAMELLA, noun. (mycology) The gill of a mushroom.

Dictionary definition

LAMELLA, noun. Any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.
LAMELLA, noun. A thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones.
LAMELLA, noun. Thin plate.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats