1. Noun
a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.
2. Noun
a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form bones
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3. Noun
any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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