What is "thalami"

Thalamus \Thal"a*mus\, n.; pl. Thalami. [L. thalamus chamber, Gr. qa`lamos.]

1. (Anat.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.

2. (Bot.)

   1. Same as Thallus.

   2. The receptacle of a flower; a torus.

n. (plural of thalamus English)

1. n. large egg-shaped structures of gray matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon

2. [also: thalami (pl)]

See thalamus