Lam"i*na (lăm"&ibreve;*n&adot;),
n.; pl. L. Laminæ (-
nē) E. Laminas (-n&adot;z). [L. cf.
Lamella.] 1. A thin plate or scale; a
layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike
substances, as of bone or minerals.
2. (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the
broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
Gray.
3. (Zoöl.) A thin plate or scale;
specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a
feather.