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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vēlāmen.
Noun
velamen (plural velamina)
- (anatomy) A covering membrane or velum
- (botany) 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
Latin
Etymology
From vēlō (“I cover, wrap”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
vēlāmen n (genitive vēlāminis); third declension
- cover, covering
- clothing, robe, garment
- veil
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
References
- “velamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “velamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- velamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- velamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “velamen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish
Noun
velamen m (plural velámenes)
- (nautical) set of sails of a boat
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