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A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.

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  1. n. A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
  2. n. The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
  3. n. A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
  4. n. a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)
  5. 1. A thin plate or scale; a laying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals. 2. (Bot.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. Gray. 3. (Zoöl.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
  6. The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal orsepal of a flower. Gray.
  7. n:100 n. a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral)