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velamen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ve-la-men
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A covering membrane or velum

noun

A spongy, usually pale, multiseriate epidermis (i.e. consisting of multiple layers of cells) covering the roots of some kinds of plants, especially plant species with an epiphytic or semi-epiphytic habit. Examples include various orchid and Clivia species

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vēlāmen.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

velamens (plural) velamina (plural)

Questions

What does velamen mean?
A covering membrane or velum
Where does velamen come from?
Borrowed from Latin vēlāmen.

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