Lăm'i-nā, n.

noun

n.; pl. LĂM'I-NÆ. [Lat. Cf. LAMEL.]

  1. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another;—said of thin plates or plate-like substances, as of bone, minerals, and the like.
  2. (Anat.) A bone, or part of a bone, resembling a thin plate, such as the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone. Parr.
  3. (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. Gray.