tapetum

From Latin tapēte.

tapetum (plural tapetums or tapeta)

1. (anatomy) A membranous layer of tissue.
2. (anatomy) The pigmentary layer of the retina.
3. (botany) The cells on the outside of an archesporium.

• tapetum lucidum

• tapetal

tapētum

1. genitive plural of tapēs

• 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)