laminar

[ lam-uh-ner ]

/ ˈlæm ə nər /

composed of, or arranged in, laminae.

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Also lam·i·nar·y

[lam-uh-ner-ee] /ˈlæm əˌnɛr i/.

First recorded in 1800–15; lamin(a) + -ar¹

in·ter·lam·i·nar, adjectivemul·ti·lam·i·nar, adjective

Laminif′erous, consisting of lamin or layers; Lam′iniform, laminar.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
Usually the metal is arborescent, dendritic, filiform, moss-like or laminar.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3|Various
Should this happen to be terminated by a second laminar portion, an interrupted leaf would be formed.
Vegetable Teratology|Maxwell T. Masters
Thus in the primrose the phyllodic sepals seem to show clearly that the sepals are in that plant of a laminar nature (fig. 131).
Vegetable Teratology|Maxwell T. Masters

The female kind is bright and friable, laminar and not globular.
De Re Metallica|Georgius Agricola