Lăm'el or La-mĕl'la, n.

n.; pl. LĀM'ELS, or LA-MĚL'LÆ. [Lat. lamella, diminutive of lamina, plate, leaf, layer.]

1. A thin plate or scale of any thing.
2. (Bot.) (a.) An erect foliaceous scale found appended to the corollas of some plants. (b.) (pl.) The gills or thin parallel plates on the under surface of the cap or pileus of some mushrooms. Brande.
3. (Conch.) One of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.