n.
Pronunciation: v ə - ' l ā -m ə n
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ve · lam · i · na \ - ' la-m ə -n ə \
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, covering, from velare to cover, from velum curtain
Date: 1882
: the thick corky epidermis of aerial roots of an epiphytic orchid that absorbs water from the atmosphere