Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Anatomy A membranous covering or partition; velum.
- noun Botany A spongy layer of dead cells that covers the aerial roots of most orchids and certain other plants and may serve to absorb atmospheric moisture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
velamentum .
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- noun anatomy A covering
membrane orvelum
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This color is a result of the thing called velamen which usually is composed of single or even of a number of levels of epidermal cells.
EzineArticles 2010
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Illa surrexit, et abiit, et removit velamen suum a se, et induit se vestibus viduitatis suae.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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In de Corona militis, 4, after instancing Rebecca, he goes on to say of Susanna: “si et Susanna in iudicio revelata argumentum velandi præstat, possum dicere: et hic velamen arbitrii fuit,” etc.
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Purple was the favourite colour for this velamen, or veil; because, when the sun shone through it, it cast such beautiful rosy tints on the snowy arena and the white purple-edged togas of the Roman citizens.
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Purple was the favorite color for this velamen, or veil; because, when the sun shone through it, it cast such beautiful rosy tints on the snowy arena and the white purple-edged togas of the Roman citizens.
A Book of Golden Deeds Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Hoc autem velamen non solum in facie Moysi, sed et in Evangelistis et in Apostolis positum est.
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'Patrician,' had Italy ceded to him by a 'Pragmatic' sanction, and Zeno placed on his head the sacrum velamen, a square of purple, signifying in
Roman and the Teuton Charles Kingsley 1847
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• Orchid roots are covered by a thin membrane referred to as velamen.
EzineArticles 2010
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When the velamen is too dry, its color is silvery or white while a watered velamen will appear green or slightly mottled.
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The velamen takes up moisture from the ambient atmosphere.
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