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Noun stratum has 2 senses
- stratum - one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism)
--1 is a kind of layer
--1 has particulars: | | epidermis, cuticle; stratum corneum, corneum, horny layer; stratum lucidum; stratum granulosum; stratum germinativum, stratum basale, malpighian layer, rete Malpighii; dermis, corium, derma; cambium; wall, paries; substratum, substrate; horizon; seam, bed; bed |
- level, layer, stratum - an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
--2 is a kind of place
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