See Also: velamen(medicine)
velamen(dictionary)
velamen vulvae(medicine)

p'an (iou) and velamen (iou)


p'an (iou)



p'an noun. [pan] Pl. same. M20.
[Chinese pan.]
Archaeology. A kind of shallow dish-shaped ritual vessel of ancient China.

velamen (iou)



velamen noun. . L19.
[Latin, = covering, from velare to cover, to veil.]
Botany. An outer layer of empty cells found in the aerial roots of various monocotyledons (esp. epiphytic orchids and aroids). L19.
Anatomy. = VELUM 1. L19.
vela'mentous adjective of the Nature of a membrane or membranous covering L19.