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Velum

noun
(pl. vela)
1.
A membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms.  Synonym: veil.
2.
A muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking.  Synonym: soft palate.





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... Venice" was acted two hundred and fifty consecutive nights on the occasion of the first production. On the hundredth night every member of the audience was presented with Henry Irving's acting edition of the play bound in white velum—a solid and permanent souvenir, paper, print and binding all being of the best. The famous Chiswick Press did all his work of this kind. On the title page ...
— The Story of My Life - Recollections and Reflections • Ellen Terry


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