*amell*

n. [ NL., after Georg Josef Kamel, or Camelli, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East. ] 1. (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and Camellia Sassanqua and Camellia oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Hort.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Chem) A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; -- called also hydromellonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. (Anat.) Between lammellæ or laminæ; as, interlamellar spaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Lamellæ E. Lamellas [ L. lamella, dim. of lamina plate, leaf, layer: cf. F. lamelle. Cf. Lamina, Omelet. ] A thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. lamellaire. ] Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellAE. -- adv. In thin plates or scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellae; lamellar. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Lamella. ] Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Lamellibranchia (also called Pelecypoda). Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL. See lamella, and Branchia, Branchiate. ] (Zool.) An earlier name for the class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc., now called Pelecypoda or Bivalvia. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ They usually have two (rarely but one) flat, lamelliform gills on each side of the body. They have an imperfectly developed head, concealed within the shell, whence they are called Acephala. Called also Conchifera, and Pelecypoda. See Bivalve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia (also called Pelecypoda). -- n. One of the Lamellibranchia (also called Pelecypoda). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lamella + L. cornu a horn: cf. F. lamellicorne. See Lamella. ] (Zool.) (a) Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects. (b) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae. -- n. A lamellicorn insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Lamellicorn. ] (Zool.) A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lamella + -ferous: cf. F. lamellifère. ] Bearing, or composed of, lamellae, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lamella + -form : cf. F. lamelliforme. ] Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lamella + rostral : cf. F. lamellirostre. ] (Zool.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Lamella, and Rostrum. ] (Zool.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. lamelleux. ] Composed of, or having, lamellae; lamelliform. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. (Zool.) The female bar-tailed godwit. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare [ “Tempest, ” ii. 2 ] is not known. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Squamellae [ NL., dim. fr. L. squama a scale. ] (Bot.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea. [ 1913 Webster ]