Velum vs Parchment - What's the difference?
velum | parchment |
A thin membrane, resembling a veil, such as:
# (anatomy) The soft palate.
# (botany) A thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives.
# (mycology) A veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills.
# (malacology) A locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves.
# (zoology) A circular membrane round the cap of medusa.
# A delicate membrane found on certain protists.
(meteorology) An accessory cloud resembling a veil extending over a large distance. Normally associated with cumulus and cumulonimbus.
material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.
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*:At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
A document made on such material.
A diploma (traditionally written on parchment).
Stiff paper imitating that material.
The creamy to tanned color of parchment.
The envelope of the coffee grains, inside the pulp.