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membranous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective membranous has 2 senses
- membranous(a = adj.pert) Array - relating to or made of or similar to a membrane; "membranous lining" Derived form noun membrane1
- membranous(s = adj.all) membrane-forming - characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane); "membranous gastritis" Derived form noun membrane2
CIDE DICTIONARY
membranous, a. [Cf. F. membraneux.].
- Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, membrane; as, a membranous covering or lining. [1913 Webster]
- Membranaceous. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
membranous
filmy, foliaceous, foliated, in layers, lamellar, lamellate, lamellated, lamelliform, laminate, laminated, laminous, leaflike, leafy, scummy, spathic, spathose, stratified, stratiform, three-ply, two-plyROGET THESAURUS
membranous
Layer
N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.
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