VELAMEN

Meaning of VELAMEN in English

[ vɪ'leɪmən ]

■ noun ( plural velamina -mɪnə ) Botany an outer layer of empty cells in the aerial roots of epiphytic orchids and aroids.

Origin

C19: from L., from velare 'to cover'.

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VELAMEN — noun (plural velamina) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, covering, from velare to cover, from velum curtain Date: 1882 the thick …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VELAMEN — və̇ˈlāmən noun ( plural ve·lam·i·na -lamənə) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, covering, from velare to cover, from velum veil 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VELAMEN — /veuh lay"min/ , n. , pl. velamina /-lam"euh neuh/ . 1. Anat. a membranous covering; velum. 2. Bot. the thick, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VELAMEN — n. membrane or outer layer; membranous moisture absorbing layer on the aerial roots of some epiphytic plants (non-parasitic plants that …
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VELAMEN — noun ( plural ve·lam·i·na -ˈla-mə-nə) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, covering, from velare to cover, from velum curtain Date: 1882 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VELAMEN — [ve.la.men] n, pl ve.lam.i.na [NL, fr. L, covering, fr. velare to cover, fr. velum curtain] (1882): the thick corky epidermis …
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VELAMEN — n. (pl. velamina) an enveloping membrane esp. of an aerial root of an orchid. [L f. velare cover]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VELAMEN — n. (pl. velamina) an enveloping membrane esp. of an aerial root of an orchid. [ L f. velare cover ]
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VELAMEN — веламен
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VELAMEN — веламен
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VELAMEN — n. Pronunciation: v ə - ' l ā -m ə n Function: noun Inflected Form: plural ve · lam · …
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VENUS'S GIRDLE (VELAMEN, OR CESTUM, VENERIS) — ribbon-shaped comb jelly of the order Cestida (phylum Ctenophora) found in the Mediterranean Sea. Its graceful, transparent body, which is …
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VELAMENTOUS — |velə|mentəs adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary velament- (from New Latin velamentum ) + -ous : relating to, resembling, or constituting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROOT SHEATH — noun 1. a. : a many-layered epidermal sheath surrounding an aerial root (as the velamen in an epiphytic orchid) b. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORCHID
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VEINSTONE. — GANGUE. vela pl. of VELUM. velamen n. (pl. velamina) an enveloping membrane esp. of an aerial root of an orchid. …
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ВЕЛАМЕН — velamen
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