n.; pl. L. Laminæ . Laminas [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Zool.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Lamina. ] (Bot.) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow. [ 1913 Webster ]
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