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velour | velours | velouté | veloute | veltfare | Velum | velure | velutina | velutinous | velveeta | velverd

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Velum

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Noun

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ve=lum

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Velum has 2 senses

velum(n = noun.plant) veil - a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms; Array

is a kind of plant part, plant structure

has particulars: universal veil, partial veil

velum(n = noun.body) soft palate - a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking; Array

has parts: uvula

is a part of palate, roof of the mouth

is a kind of flap

Derived form adjective velar₁

CIDE DICTIONARY

Velum, n. [L., an awning, a veil. See Veil.].

A curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate. [1913 Webster]
See Veil, n., 3 (b). [1913 Webster]
A veil-like organ or part. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Velum, n. (pl. vela) a membrane, membranous covering, or flap.

Etymology

L, = sail, curtain, covering, veil

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