velum

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; The soft palate.
  2. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; A thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives.
  3. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; A veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills.
  4. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; A locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves.
  5. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; An annular membrane, typically bordering a cavity, especially in certain molluscs, medusae, and other invertebrates.
  6. A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain.; A delicate membrane found on certain protists.
  7. An accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance; normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus.
  8. a thin coating or film of mucus or phlegm.

词形变化

vela plural velums plural

词汇关系

衍生词
velar

词源

Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil.
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