VELAMEN


Meaning of VELAMEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ və-ˈlā-mən ]

noun

( plural ve·lam·i·na -ˈla-mə-nə)

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

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