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Plural of lamina

irregular plural

The plural of lamina is laminae or laminas.

Forms of lamina

Singularlamina /ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/
Plurallaminae
laminas
Countablecountable

Laminae and laminas in a sentence

  • In some species, the limbidium can be well developed in all three laminae.2020, Afroz Alam, Contemporary Research on Bryophytes, page 165. From the entry limbidium
  • In addition, the centrohypapophyseal laminae ( chpl ) are present as well.2015 December 10, “Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich ( Struthio camelus ) and…. From the entry centrohypapophyseal
  • The clotted, peloidal microfabric of these laminae is characteristic of algally bound carbonate.1985, Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Volumes 106-107. From the entry algally
  • The laminae of these bracts are reduced so that only very short leaf tips are present.1975, Boissiera, volume 24, page 137. From the entry podocarpium
  • A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.1999, Nguyen Van Dzu, Peter C. Boyce, Kew Bulletin, 54(2):379-393. From the entry perforate

Meaning of lamina

  1. noun Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.
  2. noun The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.
  3. noun A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.

Full definition of lamina

Nouns ending in -a: plural -ae

Questions about the plural of lamina

What is the plural of lamina?
The plural of lamina is laminae or laminas.
Which is correct, laminae or laminas?
Both are used. laminae is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is lamina countable?
Lamina is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lamina (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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