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tapetum

tapetum noun: a membranous layer of tissue.

Noun

tapetum (plural tapetums or tapeta)

  1. A membranous layer of tissue.
  2. The pigmentary layer of the retina.
  3. The cells on the outside of an archesporium.

tapetum meaning in Tamil

tapetum in Tamil

ஊட்டசெல்கள், போசணைக்கம்பளம், உயிரணு உறை, உறை, கட்கம்பளம்

Forms of tapetum

pluraltapetums
pluraltapeta

Origin of tapetum

From Latin tapētum. Further from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs). Doublet of tapet.

Questions about tapetum

What does tapetum mean?
Tapetum means a membranous layer of tissue.
What is tapetum in Tamil?
Tapetum in Tamil is ஊட்டசெல்கள், போசணைக்கம்பளம், உயிரணு உறை. See Tapetum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tapetum?
Tapetum is a noun.
What is the plural of tapetum?
The plural of tapetum is tapetums.

Words near tapetum in the dictionary

  1. tapetis
  2. tapetoretinal
  3. tapetosome
  4. tapetosomes
  5. tapets
  6. tapetum
  7. tapetum lucidum
  8. tapetums
  9. tapeweed
  10. tapeweeds
  11. tapework

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tapetum (page history and authors); tapetum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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