tapetum
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin tapētum.[1] Doublet of tapet.
Noun
[edit]tapetum (plural tapetums or tapeta)
- (anatomy) A membranous layer of tissue.
- (anatomy) The pigmentary layer of the retina.
- (botany) The cells on the outside of an archesporium.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “tapetum, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]tapētum
References
[edit]- tapetum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)