Definitions for tapetum

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tapetum ta·pe·tum

Spelling: [tuh-pee-tuh m]

IPA: /təˈpi təm/

Tapetum is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in tapetum (aempttu).

Definitions for tapetum

noun

1. Botany. a layer of cells often investing the archespore in a developing sporangium and absorbed as the spores mature.
2. Anatomy, Zoology. any of certain membranous layers or layered coverings, as in the choroid of the eyes of certain animals.

Origin of tapetum

1705-15; New Latin, special use of Medieval Latin tapētum coverlet (Latin, only plural) Greek tapēt- (stem of tápēs) carpet, rug

Examples for tapetum

The subject, however, of the various colours of the tapetum in different animals is not yet understood.

Iris tapetum: the pigment layer of the compound eye just below the crystalline cone.

The tapetum lucidum is found in Ungulata, Cetacea and Carnivora.