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盖膜,软口盖,菌膜,膜,缘膜
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Velum \Ve"lum\, n.; pl. {Vela}. [L., an awning, a veil. See
{Veil}.]
1. (Anat.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various
membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See
under {Palate}.
2. (Bot.)
(a) See {Veil}, n., 3
(b) .
(b) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of
quillworts {Isoetes}).
3. (Zo["o]l.) A veil-like organ or part. Especially:
(a) The circular membrane that partially incloses the
space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medus[ae].
(b) A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum
of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of {Protozoa}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
velum
n 1: membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms
extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is
ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an
annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the
margin of the cap [syn: {partial veil}]
2: membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore
of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth;
represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower
part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap [syn:
{universal veil}]
3: a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during
swallowing or speaking [syn: {soft palate}]
[also: {vela} (pl)]