Meaning: Lobed
Latin Pronunciation: la-BAH-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:la-BAY-tuh

Meaning: Lobed
Latin Pronunciation: la-BAH-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:la-BAY-tum

Meaning: Lobed
Latin Pronunciation: la-BAH-tus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:la-BAY-tus

labellum

Lip; the peculiar upper (but by a twist of the pedicel which is apparently lower) petal of the Orchidaceae.

Meaning: Referring to a lip
Latin Pronunciation: la-bee-AH-ta

Meaning: Named for Labiche, a 19th century French naval officer
Latin Pronunciation: lah-BESH-uh

Meaning: Referring to a lip
Latin Pronunciation: la-bee-AH-tum

labiate

Lipped; belonging to the Labiatae.

Meaning: Slippery, unstable
Latin Pronunciation: LA-bil-lee

Latin Pronunciation: lay-bee-ay-tus
Meaning: lipped (labiate).

Meaning: Slippery, unstable
Latin Pronunciation: LA-bil-liss

Meaning: Likely named for Jacques-Julien Houtou "Citizen" Labillardieri, 18th century naturalist
Latin Pronunciation: lay-bee-yar-dee-ER-ee

Latin Pronunciation: lay-bee-oh-sus
Meaning: lipped.

Meaning: Of or from Labrador
Latin Pronunciation: lab-ruh-DOR-ih-kuh

Meaning: Aboriginal name
Latin Pronunciation: LAB-lab

labriform

Lip-shaped.

Meaning: An old name for wild (grape) vine
Latin Pronunciation: luh-BRUS-kuh

Meaning: An old name for wild (grape) vine
Latin Pronunciation: luh-BRUS-kum

Meaning: Having leaves like Laburnum
Latin Pronunciation: luh-ber-nih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Having leaves like Laburnum
Latin Pronunciation: luh-ber-nih-FOH-lee-um

labyrinthiform

With complicated sinuous lines or winding passages.

labyrinth

A place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys; a maze.

Meaning: A grafted combination of Chamaecytisus (dwarf Cytisus) and Laburnum (a tree)
Latin Pronunciation: la-burn-oh-SIT-ih-sus

lacecap

A flattop inflorescence in which the outer flowers are larger than the inner ones, and the outer are sterile.

Meaning: From the Latin lacerare, meaning torn or mangled, having irregular edges
Latin Pronunciation: LASS-er-a

Meaning: Having leaves like Laburnum
Latin Pronunciation: luh-ber-nih-FOH-lee-us

lacerate

Irregularly cleft as if torn.

Meaning: From the Latin lacerare, meaning torn or mangled, having irregular edges
Latin Pronunciation: LASS-er-us

Meaning: From the Latin lacerare, meaning torn or mangled, having irregular edges
Latin Pronunciation: LASS-er-um

Meaning: Named for Lacerda, a botanist
Latin Pronunciation: lass-er-day

Latin Pronunciation: las-in-ee-oh-sus
Meaning: narrowly cut.

Meaning: From the Greek achne (wool) and anthos (flower); referring to pubescent flowers
Latin Pronunciation: lak-NAN-thees

Meaning: Hairy seed
Latin Pronunciation: lak-no-KAR-pum

Meaning: Hairy seed
Latin Pronunciation: lak-no-KAR-pus

Meaning: Woolly stem
Latin Pronunciation: lak-no-KAW-lon

Meaning: Hairy ovary
Latin Pronunciation: lak-NO-gy-num

Meaning: Hairy seed
Latin Pronunciation: lak-no-KAR-pa

Meaning: Hairy ovary
Latin Pronunciation: lak-NO-gy-nuh

Meaning: Hairy ovary
Latin Pronunciation: lak-NO-gy-nus

laciniate

Slashed; divided into narrow pointed lobes.

Meaning: Divided into narrow lobes
Latin Pronunciation: la-sin-ee-AY-tuh

lachrymiform (alt. lacrymiform)

Tear-shaped.

Meaning: Torn into strips
Latin Pronunciation: lak-in-AY-ree-uh

laciniated

Describing dahlias with the split or fimbriation in proportion to ray floret length, and no less than 1/6 of ray floret length, there should be a twisting in the area of the split involute or revolute ray florets, to give an overall fringed effect.

Latin Pronunciation: las-in-ee-ay-tus
Meaning: cut into narrow holes (laciniate).

Meaning: Divided into narrow lobes
Latin Pronunciation: la-sin-ee-AY-tum

Meaning: Shredded or torn
Latin Pronunciation: la-sin-ee-OH-sus

Meaning: Shredded or torn
Latin Pronunciation: la-sin-ee-OH-suh

Meaning: Job's tears
Latin Pronunciation: LAK-ry-muh JOB-ee

Meaning: Job's tears
Latin Pronunciation: LAK-ry-mee JOB-or-um

Meaning: Milky
Latin Pronunciation: lak-TAY-uh

Latin Pronunciation: Zak-tee-us
Meaning: milk-white.

Latin Pronunciation: lak-tay-tus
Meaning: milky.

Meaning: Milky
Latin Pronunciation: lak-TAY-um

Latin Pronunciation: lak-tik-ol-or
Meaning: milk-colored.

Meaning: Bearing milk
Latin Pronunciation: lak-TIH-fer-uh

lactiferous (alt. lacticiferous)

Describes a plant with a milky sap; producing latex.

Meaning: Bearing milk
Latin Pronunciation: LAK-tih-fer

Meaning: With milk-colored flowers
Latin Pronunciation: lak-tee-FLOR-uh

Meaning: Shredded or torn
Latin Pronunciation: la-sin-ee-OH-sum

Meaning: With milk-colored flowers
Latin Pronunciation: lak-tee-FLOR-um

Meaning: Bearing milk
Latin Pronunciation: lak-TIH-fer-um

Latin Pronunciation: lak-of-floh-rus
Meaning: milk-white flowered.

Meaning: Has holes
Latin Pronunciation: lak-uh-NO-suh

Latin Pronunciation: lak-tif-er-us
Meaning: milky-juiced.

lacunose

Pitted.

lacuna

A cavity or gap, usually referring to one found in tissue.

Latin Pronunciation: lak-yew-noh-sus
Meaning: pitted.

Meaning: Has holes
Latin Pronunciation: lak-uh-NO-sum

Meaning: Growing by a lake
Latin Pronunciation: lak-US-tree

lacustrine

Refers to, produced by, or formed in a lake. Lacustrine wetlands are those reaching into a lake and acted on by waves and currents.

Meaning: Growing by a lake
Latin Pronunciation: lak-US-triss

Meaning: Bearing ladanum, a gum with a pungent odour
Latin Pronunciation: lad-AN-ee-fer
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lad-AN-if-er

Meaning: Bearing ladanum, a gum with a pungent odour
Latin Pronunciation: lad-an-EE-fer-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lad-an-IF-er-uh

Meaning: Referring to Ladakh, Kashmir (in the Himalayan mountains)
Latin Pronunciation: la-dak-ee-AH-na

Meaning: Bearing ladanum, a gum with a pungent odour
Latin Pronunciation: lad-an-EE-fer-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lad-an-IF-er-um

Meaning: Bearing ladanum, a gum with a pungent odour
Latin Pronunciation: lad-an-EE-fer-us
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lad-an-IF-er-us

Meaning: Named for Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec, 19th century French physician
Latin Pronunciation: lay-en-NEK-ee-a

Meaning: Happy, vivid
Latin Pronunciation: LEE-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LAY-tuh

Meaning: joyful, rejoicing
Latin Pronunciation: LAY-ee-tanz

Meaning: Bright violet colored
Latin Pronunciation: lay-tee-vy-oh-LAH-see-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lay-tee-vy-oh-LAH-say-uh

Meaning: Resembles Laelia (named for one of the vestal virgins)
Latin Pronunciation: lay-lee-OP-sis

Meaning: Bright violet colored
Latin Pronunciation: lay-tee-vy-oh-LAH-see-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lay-tee-vy-oh-LAH-say-um

Meaning: Bright violet colored
Latin Pronunciation: lay-tee-vy-oh-LAH-see-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lay-tee-vy-oh-LAH-say-uh

Latin Pronunciation: lee-tev-vye-renz
Meaning: vivid green.

Meaning: Bright flowered
Latin Pronunciation: lay-tee-FLOR-um

Meaning: Bright flowered
Latin Pronunciation: lay-tee-FLOR-uh

Meaning: Bright flowered
Latin Pronunciation: lay-tee-FLOR-us

Meaning: Vivid green
Latin Pronunciation: lay-tee-VY-rens

Meaning: Happy, vivid
Latin Pronunciation: LEE-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LAY-tum

Latin Pronunciation: Zee-tus
Meaning: bright, vivid.

Meaning: With smooth stems
Latin Pronunciation: lee-vih-KAHL-ay
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lay-vih-KAHL-ay

Meaning: Smooth leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lee-vih-FOH-lee-uss
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lay-vih-FOH-lee-uss

Meaning: Smooth
Latin Pronunciation: LEE-vey
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LAY-vey

Meaning: Smooth leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lee-vih-FOH-lee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lay-vih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Smooth leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lee-vih-FOH-lee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lay-vih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Smooth
Latin Pronunciation: lee-vih-GAY-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lay-vih-GAY-tuh

Meaning: Smooth
Latin Pronunciation: lee-vih-GAY-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lay-vih-GAY-tum

laevigate

Smooth, polished.

Meaning: Smoother
Latin Pronunciation: LEE-vee-or
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LAY-vee-or

Latin Pronunciation: lee-vig-gay-tus
Meaning: smooth.

Latin Pronunciation: lee-viss
Meaning: smooth.

Latin Pronunciation: lee-vip-peez
Meaning: smooth-stalked.

Latin Pronunciation: lee - vee - uss - kew - lus
Meaning: smoothish.

Meaning: From the Greek lagaros (thin) and siphon (tube), referring to the form of the plant
Latin Pronunciation: lay-gar-oh-SY-fon

Meaning: Named for Marianio La Gasca y Segura, 19th century Spanish botanist
Latin Pronunciation: la-GAHS-see-yuh

Meaning: Smoother
Latin Pronunciation: LEE-vee-us
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LAY-vee-us

Meaning: From the Greek lagaros (thin) and strobos (cone)
Latin Pronunciation: la-gar-oh-STROH-bos

Meaning: Bottle stem
Latin Pronunciation: lag-en-ee-kAW-lee

Meaning: Bottle stem
Latin Pronunciation: lag-en-ee-kAW-liss

lageniform

Shaped like a bottle or flask.

Meaning: Bottle-bearing
Latin Pronunciation: lag-en-IF-er-uh

Meaning: From the Greek lagos (hare) and otos (ear)
Latin Pronunciation: lay-GO-tiss
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lag-OH-tiss

lagoon

A relatively shallow pond, sound or lake, especially one connected to the sea.

Meaning: From the Greek lago (hare) and pus (foot)
Latin Pronunciation: lay-GO-pus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lah-GO-pus

Meaning: From the latin laguncula (little bottle)
Latin Pronunciation: la-gun-koo-LAY-ree-uh

Meaning: Resembles Lagurus (genus name for another grass, means hare's or rabbit's tale)
Latin Pronunciation: lag-ur-OY-deez

lake senescence

The aging process of a wetland or lake that results from excess sediment and vegetation.

lake plain

The nearly flat bed of an extinct lake or the lowland surrounding an existing lake.

Meaning: Named for Jean Baptiste de Monet Lamarck 19th century French naturalist and author
Latin Pronunciation: la-MARK-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Lambert, but not sure which one
Latin Pronunciation: lam-BER-tee-eye

Meaning: named for Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761-1842), an English botanist and author

lamella (pl. lamellae)

1. A thin flat plate or laterally flattened ridge. 2. The acid crystals of lichens shaped in this way.

lamella (pl. lamellae)

1. A thin flat plate or laterally flattened ridge. 2. The acid crystals of lichens shaped in this way.

Meaning: Layered
Latin Pronunciation: la-mel-LAY-tum

lamellate (alt. lamellose)

Composed of or arranged in layers or thin plates; having lamellae.

Meaning: Layered
Latin Pronunciation: la-mel-OH-suh

Meaning: Layered
Latin Pronunciation: la-mel-OH-sum

Meaning: named after La Mere
Latin Pronunciation: la-MER-ee-eye

Meaning: Layered
Latin Pronunciation: la-mel-OH-sus

Meaning: Resembling Lamium
Latin Pronunciation: lam-ee-AST-rum

lamina

A blade; the leafy portion of a frond.

Meaning: The Mint family (from Lamium, the Latin name for dead nettle; used for the Mint family); formerly Labitae
Latin Pronunciation: lay-mee-AY-see-ay

laminal

Superficial on the surface of thalli or lobes of lichens.

Meaning: From Lamium (the Latin name for dead nettle, a member of the mint family) and dendron (wood)
Latin Pronunciation: lam-mee-oh-DEN-dron

Meaning: From the Greek lampros (shining) and kapnos (smoke)
Latin Pronunciation: lam-pro-KAP-nos

Meaning: Glossy-seeded
Latin Pronunciation: lam-proh-SPER-mah

Meaning: Glossy-seeded
Latin Pronunciation: lam-proh-SPER-mus

lanate (alt. lanose)

Woolly.

Latin Pronunciation: lan-nay-tus
Meaning: woolly, wool- like.

Meaning: Woolly
Latin Pronunciation: la-NA-tuh

Meaning: Woolly
Latin Pronunciation: la-NA-tum

lance-shaped

Elongate in shape, broadest below the middle and gradually rowed toward the tip.

Meaning: lance-like
Latin Pronunciation: lan-see-oh-LAIR-ee-uh

Meaning: lance-like
Latin Pronunciation: lan-see-oh-LAIR-ee-um

Meaning: lance-like
Latin Pronunciation: lan-see-oh-LAIR-ee-us

Meaning: Lance-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: lan-see-oh-LAY-tuh

lanceolate

Shaped like a lance- head, several times longer than wide, broadest above the base and narrowed to the apex.

Latin Pronunciation: lan-see-oh-lay-tus
Meaning: slender-pointed (lanceolate).

Latin Pronunciation: /an-see-us
Meaning: lance-like, pointed.

Meaning: Lance-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: lan-see-oh-LAY-tum

Meaning: Lance-shaped leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lan-sih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Lance-shaped leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lan-sih-FOH-lee-um

Latin Pronunciation: lan-sif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: pointed-leaved.

landlocked property

A parcel of real estate which does not border any road for access.

Meaning: Named for Dr. Elias Landolt, 21st century professor at Swiss Geobotanical Institute
Latin Pronunciation: lan-DOLT-ee-a

landraces

Crop cultivars or animal breeds that evolved with, and has been genetically improved by, traditional agriculturalists, but has not been introduced in modern breeding practices.

landscaper

An improper term applied to anyone doing landscape work. Often the person is untrained.

landscape architecture

The design of outdoor space for maximum enjoyment.

landscape architect

A person trained in the location of landscape elements for human use and enjoyment. It involves the placement of structures, traffic flow, and plantings.

landscape contractor

A company or individual performing landscape installations.

Meaning: Named for Father Auguste Barthelemy Langlois, 19th century Louisiana (U.S.) clergyman and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: lang-LOY-see-uh

Meaning: Variant spelling of langsdorffii; named for George Heinrich, Freiherr von Langsdorff (aka Grigorij Ivanovic Langsdorff), 18th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: langs-dorf-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for George Heinrich, Freiherr von Langsdorff (aka Grigorij Ivanovic Langsdorff), 18th century German botanist; sometimes spelled lansdorfii or langsdorfii
Latin Pronunciation: langs-dorf-ee-eye

language of flowers (alt. symbolism of flowers)

A complex code under which each species of flower, even individual colors of that species, carries a meaning or message.

Meaning: Woolly, hairy
Latin Pronunciation: lan-EE-ger-ruh

Meaning: Woolly, hairy
Latin Pronunciation: lan-EE-ger-rum

Latin Pronunciation: lan-nij-er-us
Meaning: wool-bearing, woolly.

Meaning: Named for Charles Herbert Lankester, 20th century English horticulturist in Costa Rica
Latin Pronunciation: lank-es-ter-ELL-uh

Meaning: Named for Charles Lankester, 20th century English naturalist who created a ten-acre garden in Cartago, Costa Rica
Latin Pronunciation: lan-KES-ter-ee

Meaning: Of or from Lankong, Yunnan, China
Latin Pronunciation: lan-kon-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from Lankong, Yunnan, China
Latin Pronunciation: lan-kon-EN-sis

Meaning: Woolly
Latin Pronunciation: LAN-oh-suh

lanose (alt. lanate)

Woolly.

Meaning: Woolly
Latin Pronunciation: LAN-oh-sus

Latin Pronunciation: lee-vik-kaw-liss
Meaning: smooth- stemmed.

Meaning: Woolly, downy
Latin Pronunciation: lan-oo-gih-NO-suh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lan-uh-jin-OH-suh

Meaning: Named for Lannes de Montebello, 19th century Frenchman who sent plants back home from Japan
Latin Pronunciation: lan-nes-ee-AY-nuh

Meaning: Woolly
Latin Pronunciation: LAN-oh-sum

Latin Pronunciation: Ian - yew - jin - noh - sus
Meaning: woolly, downy.

lanuginose

Nearly lanate, but with shorter hair.

Meaning: Woolly, downy
Latin Pronunciation: lan-oo-gih-NO-sum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lan-uh-jin-OH-sum

Meaning: Of or from Laos, a country in southeastern Asia
Latin Pronunciation: lay-OH-tih-ka
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LOUT-ih-ka

Meaning: Of or from Laos
Latin Pronunciation: lay-oh-EN-sis

Meaning: Of or from Laos, a country in southeastern Asia
Latin Pronunciation: lay-OH-tih-kus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LOUT-ih-kus

Meaning: Of or from Laos, a country in southeastern Asia
Latin Pronunciation: lay-OH-tih-kum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LOUT-ih-kum

Meaning: From the Latin lapathi, an old name for dock or sorrel; having leaves like sorrel or dock
Latin Pronunciation: la-path-ih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: From the Latin lapathi, an old name for dock or sorrel; having leaves like sorrel or dock
Latin Pronunciation: la-path-ih-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: A less-frequently used spelling variation of Lapeirousia
Latin Pronunciation: la-pay-ROO-see-uh

Meaning: Stone dweller
Latin Pronunciation: lap-id-ee-ko-lee

Meaning: Named for Dr. Increase Allen Lapham, 19th century American naturalist, botanist and self-taught cartographer
Latin Pronunciation: laf-AM-ee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lap-HAM-ee-eye

Meaning: From the Latin lapathi, an old name for dock or sorrel; having leaves like sorrel or dock
Latin Pronunciation: la-path-ih-FOH-lee-a

Meaning: From the Latin, meaning pertaining to stone
Latin Pronunciation: lap-ih-DAY-ree-uh

Meaning: Stone dweller
Latin Pronunciation: lap-id-ee-ko-luh

Meaning: Shaped like a stone
Latin Pronunciation: lap-id-EE-form-iss

Meaning: Burr
Latin Pronunciation: LAP-uh

Meaning: Shaped like a stone
Latin Pronunciation: lap-id-EE-form-ee

Meaning: In honor of Pierre-Simon Laplace, famous 18th century mathematician and physicist
Latin Pronunciation: lah-PLAH-see-uh

Meaning: Like a burr
Latin Pronunciation: lap-uh-SEE-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lap-uh-KAY-uh

Meaning: Like a burr
Latin Pronunciation: lap-uh-SEE-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lap-uh-KAY-um

Meaning: Like a burr
Latin Pronunciation: lap-uh-SEE-us
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lap-uh-KAY-us

Meaning: Of or from Lapland
Latin Pronunciation: lap-pon-ee-ka

Meaning: Thin, slender foot (refers to tendrils)
Latin Pronunciation: LAP-toe-puss

Meaning: Of or from Lapland
Latin Pronunciation: lap-pon-ee-kus

Meaning: Of or from Lara, a state of Venezuela
Latin Pronunciation: lar-EN-see

Meaning: Having foliage like Larix (Larch genus)
Latin Pronunciation: lar-iss-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Of or from Lapland
Latin Pronunciation: Lap-pon-ee-kum

Meaning: Abundant
Latin Pronunciation: larg-um

Meaning: Abundant
Latin Pronunciation: larg-a

Meaning: Of or from Lara, a state of Venezuela
Latin Pronunciation: lar-EN-sis

Meaning: Having foliage like Larix (Larch genus)
Latin Pronunciation: lar-iss-ih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: From the Latin Larix, referring to its resemblance to the larch
Latin Pronunciation: lar-uh-SEE-nuh

Latin Pronunciation: lar - iss - sif - foh - lee - us
Meaning: Larch-leaved.

Meaning: Abundant
Latin Pronunciation: larg-us

Latin Pronunciation: lar - iss - sye - nus
Meaning: Larch (Larix) -like.

Meaning: Named for Lady Larpent, wife of Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, 19th century English Baron and politician; also spelled larpentiae
Latin Pronunciation: LAR-pent-ay
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lar-PENT-ay

Meaning: Named for Leslie (Larry) C. Leach, 20th century English born, self taught botanist in Zimbabwe and South Africa who specialised in succulent Asclepiads and Euphorbias
Latin Pronunciation: lar-ree-LEE-chee-uh

larva (pl. larvae)

The immature worm-like development stage of insects.

Meaning: Variant spelling of larpentae, named for Lady Larpent, wife of Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, 19th century English Baron and politician
Latin Pronunciation: lar-PENT-ee-ay

larva (pl. larvae)

The immature worm-like development stage of insects.

Meaning: Woolly stamens
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-AN-drum

Latin Pronunciation: lay-see-ak-kanth-us
Meaning: woolly-spined.

Meaning: Woolly stamens
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-AN-druh

Meaning: Woolly stamens
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-AN-drus

Meaning: From the Greek lasios (hairy) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: laz-ee-ANTH-os

Meaning: Wool flower
Latin Pronunciation: lay-zee-ANTH-um

Meaning: Wool flower
Latin Pronunciation: lay-zee-ANTH-uh

Latin Pronunciation: lay-see-anth-us
Meaning: woolly- flowered.

Meaning: Woolly fruit
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-oh-KAR-pum

Latin Pronunciation: lay - see - oh - karp - us
Meaning: rough- or hairy-fruited.

Meaning: Woolly fruit
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-oh-KAR-puh

Meaning: Woolly scale
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-oh-LEP-iss

Meaning: Wolly-fruited
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-oh-PET-uh-luh

lasion

A periphyton in which the organisms are densely populated and are interdependent. See also: epiphyton.

Meaning: Woolly-fruited
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-oh-PET-uh-lum

Latin Pronunciation: lay- see - oh-pet-al- us
Meaning: hairy-petaled.

Meaning: Wolly-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-oh-FIL-uh

Meaning: Of or from Mt. Lassen, a volcano near the Cascade Mountains in northern California, U.S.
Latin Pronunciation: lass-en-EN-sis

Meaning: Wolly-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-oh-FIL-um

Meaning: Resembling Lastrea (genus named for Charles Jean Louis Delastre), 19th century French botanical author
Latin Pronunciation: las-tree-OP-sis

Meaning: Pertaining to dark or shady places; hiding places
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-BROH-suh

Meaning: Pertaining to dark or shady places; hiding places
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-BROH-sum

Meaning: Pertaining to dark or shady places; hiding places
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-BROH-sus

Meaning: Wolly-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: las-ee-oh-FIL-us

Meaning: Side, lateral flowers
Latin Pronunciation: la-ter-uh-FLOR-um

Meaning: Side, lateral flowers
Latin Pronunciation: la-ter-uh-FLOR-uh

lateral

Side shoot, bud, etc.

Latin Pronunciation: lat-er-if-floh-rus
Meaning: with flowers on the side, lateral-flowered.

Meaning: Side, lateral leaves
Latin Pronunciation: la-ter-ih-FOH-lee-us

lateral cane

Any cane growing from a main cane.

Meaning: Side, lateral leaves
Latin Pronunciation: la-ter-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Side, lateral leaves
Latin Pronunciation: la-ter-ih-FOH-lee-um

Latin Pronunciation: lat-er-rit-ee-us
Meaning: bright red.

Meaning: Brick red
Latin Pronunciation: la-ter-ee-TEE-um

Meaning: Broad stipules (alternate spelling of latistipulatum)
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-stip-yoo-LAY-tum

Meaning: Broad stipules (alternate spelling of latistipulata)
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-stip-yoo-LAY-ta

latex

An often white fluid produced by many plants.

lath

In gardening, any overhead plant protection structure that reduces direct sunlight or protects plants from frost. Wooden strips called laths, wired together in snow fences, were originally used for that purpose.

Meaning: from the Greek lathraios (hidden) for its underground existence

Meaning: Resembling Lathryus (from the Greek meaning pea orpulse)
Latin Pronunciation: lay-thy-ROY-deez
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lath-eye-ROY-deez

Meaning: Prefix meaning wide
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lat-ih

Meaning: Wide flower
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-FLOR-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lat-ih-FLOR-uh

Meaning: Wide flower
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-FLOR-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lat-ih-FLOR-um

Latin Pronunciation: lat - if - floh - rus
Meaning: broad-flowered.

Latin Pronunciation: lat-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: broad- leaved.

Meaning: Wide (wider) lobes
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-LOH-bum

Meaning: Wide leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-FOH-lee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lat-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Wide leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-FOH-lee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lat-ih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Wide (wider) lobes
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-LOH-ba

Meaning: Wide (wider) lobes
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-LOH-bus

Latin Pronunciation: lat-if-ronz
Meaning: broad-foliaged or -fronded.

Latin Pronunciation: lat-ip-peez
Meaning: broad-footed or -stalked.

Latin Pronunciation: lat-im-ak-yew-lay-tus
Meaning: broad-spotted.

Meaning: Broad sections
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-SEK-tuss

Meaning: Broad sections
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-SEK-tuh

Meaning: Wide or broad sepals
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ih-SEP-uh-la

Meaning: Broad sections
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-SEK-tum

Meaning: Wide or broad sepals
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ih-SEP-uh-lus

Meaning: Wide or broad sepals
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ih-SEP-uh-lum

latiseptate

Having broad partitions. See also: angustiseptate.

Meaning: Wide pods
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ih-SIL-ih-kwum

Meaning: Wide pods
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ih-SIL-ih-kwa

Meaning: Broad spines
Latin Pronunciation: la-TYE-spin-uss

Meaning: Wide scales
Latin Pronunciation: lat-iH-SKWAM-ee-uh

Meaning: Wide scales
Latin Pronunciation: lat-iH-SKWAM-ee-um

Meaning: Very wide leaves
Latin Pronunciation: la-tiss-im-ih-FOH-lee-a

Meaning: Wide spathes
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ih-SPAY-tha

Meaning: Wide scales
Latin Pronunciation: lat-iH-SKWAM-ee-us

Meaning: Very wide leaves
Latin Pronunciation: la-tiss-im-ih-FOH-lee-us

Latin Pronunciation: lat-tiss-im-us
Meaning: very broad.

Latin Pronunciation: lat-iss-kway-mus
Meaning: with broad scale-like leaves or bracts.

Meaning: Broad stipules; also spelled latestipulata
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-stip-yoo-LAY-ta

Meaning: Broad stipules; also spelled latestipulatum
Latin Pronunciation: lat-ee-stip-yoo-LAY-tum

latrorse

Turned sideways.

Meaning: Named for Dr. Alfred B. Lau, 21st century cactus collector and explorer
Latin Pronunciation: LAU-eye

Latin Pronunciation: lay-tus
Meaning: broad.

Meaning: Latinized form of the Spanish vernacular word laurel, transferred to this plant because of the scent of the leaves
Latin Pronunciation: law-REE-lee-uh

Meaning: Possibly named after Lady Mother, who turned herself into a she-wolf to be foster mother to Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. RHS lists this as Solenopsis (syn. Laurentia and Isotoma)
Latin Pronunciation: law-REN-tee-uh

Meaning: Small laurel crown
Latin Pronunciation: law-re-OH-luh

Meaning: Small laurel crown
Latin Pronunciation: law-re-OH-lus

Meaning: Laurel-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: law-ree-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Laurel-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: law-ree-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Small laurel crown
Latin Pronunciation: law-re-OH-lee

Meaning: Small laurel crown
Latin Pronunciation: law-re-OH-lum

Latin Pronunciation: law-rif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: Laurel (Laurus)-leaved.

Meaning: Like the Laurel genus (Laurus is Latin for the bay tree derived from the word for praise or commendation)
Latin Pronunciation: law-REE-num

Meaning: Like the Laurel genus (Laurus is Latin for the bay tree derived from the word for praise or commendation)
Latin Pronunciation: law-REE-nuh

Meaning: Cherry laurel
Latin Pronunciation: law-roh-KER-uh-sus

Latin Pronunciation: law-rye-nus
Meaning: Laurel (Laurus)-like.

Meaning: Named for the Laussers, a German couple who explored and collected cactus in northern New Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: lau-SER-ee

Meaning: Named for Pierre Alphonse Martin Lavall?e, 19th century French botanist
Latin Pronunciation: la-val-lay-eye

Meaning: Like Lavandula (Lavender genus)
Latin Pronunciation: la-van-dew-LAY-see-a

Meaning: Having foliage like Lavandula (Lavender genus)
Latin Pronunciation: lav-an-dew-lay-ee-FOH-lee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: lay-an-dew-lay-see-us
Meaning: Lavender-like.

Meaning: Having foliage like Lavandula (Lavender genus)
Latin Pronunciation: lav-an-dew-lay-ee-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: With leaves similar to the Genus Lavandula (Lavender)
Latin Pronunciation: lav-an-dew-lee-fol-ee-a

Meaning: Having foliage like Lavandula (Lavender genus)
Latin Pronunciation: lav-an-dew-lay-ee-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: With leaves similar to the Genus Lavandula (Lavender)
Latin Pronunciation: lav-an-dew-lee-fol-ee-uss

Meaning: Resembles Lavatera (named for Johann Kaspar Lavater, 18th century Swiss physician and naturalist)
Latin Pronunciation: lav-uh-ter-OY-deez

Meaning: With leaves similar to the Genus Lavandula (Lavender)
Latin Pronunciation: lav-an-dew-lee-fol-ee-um

lawn roller (alt. roller)

A device which is pushed or pulled across the surface of a lawn to compress humps. Many can be filled with water for extra weight, them emptied to transport.

Meaning: Of or from the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada) region
Latin Pronunciation: lah-REN-chee-ah-nah

Meaning: Named for Robert William Lawrence, 19th century amateur botanist who collected in Tasmania
Latin Pronunciation: law-RENS-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Mary Gwendolen Lavis O'Connor-Fenton, 20th century assistant to Louisa Bolus at the Bolus Herbarium
Latin Pronunciation: la-VIS-ee-ay

lawn edging

Heavyweight plastic or aluminum bands, often with a tubular top, which are inserted into the soil around flower beds, etc., to slow the penetration of grass roots.

Meaning: Named for Peter Lawson & Sons, 19th century nurserymen in Edinburgh
Latin Pronunciation: law-soh-nee-AY-nuh

lawn

An area of cultivated and mown grass.

laxative

An herbal medicine that serves as a mild purgative.

Meaning: Slack, loose
Latin Pronunciation: LAKS-uh

lax

Loose; so weak as to be scarcely self-supporting.

Meaning: Loose-stemmed
Latin Pronunciation: laks-ee-KAH-lis

Meaning: Loose-stemmed
Latin Pronunciation: laks-ih-KULM-is

Meaning: Open, loose flowering habit
Latin Pronunciation: laks-ih-FLO-rum

Meaning: Loose-stemmed
Latin Pronunciation: laks-ee-KAH-lis

Meaning: Open, loose flowering habit
Latin Pronunciation: laks-ih-FLO-ruh

Latin Pronunciation: lax - if - jloh - rus
Meaning: loose-flowered.

Meaning: Loose-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: laks-ih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Loose-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: laks-ih-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: Loose-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: laks-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: With loose racemes
Latin Pronunciation: laks-ih-ray-see-MOH-sa

laxpendent

Suspended loosely.

Meaning: Named for Erich Gustav Laxmann, 18th century Russian scientist and explorer
Latin Pronunciation: laks-MAN-ee-eye

layering

A method of propagating plants in which a stem is induced to send out roots by surrounding a section of it with soil while it is still attached to a parent plant.

Latin Pronunciation: lax-us.

Meaning: Of or from Lazistan, on the shores of the Black Sea
Latin Pronunciation: LAY-zee-kum

Meaning: Named for Lilla Irvin Leach, 20th century field botanist who specialized in Oregon flora
Latin Pronunciation: leech-ee-AH-na

Meaning: Of or from Lazistan, on the shores of the Black Sea
Latin Pronunciation: LAY-zee-kuh

leader

The highest terminal shoot of a plant.

leaf (pl. leaves)

A usually flat, green structure of a plant where photosynthesis and transpiration take place and attached to a stem or branch.

Meaning: Slack, loose
Latin Pronunciation: LAX-um

leafhopper

An insect of the family Cicadellidae that sucks juices from leaves and stems, often causing permanent damage.

leaching

1. A deliberate process of using excess water to remove excess salts from the soil, such as repeatedly top watering a houseplant so that the excess water flows into the ground or bowl beneath the plant to eliminate the white accumulation of salts on the surface of the soil. 2. The accidental removal of essential soil minerals from light sandy soils caused by overwatering or a year of excess rain.

Meaning: Named for Lilla Irvin Leach, 20th century field botanist who specialized in Oregon flora
Latin Pronunciation: leech-ee-AH-num

petiole (syn. leafstalk)

The stalk of a leaf that attaches to the stem.

leaflet

A single division of a compound leaf.

leaf axil

The angle between a petiole and the stem.

leaf blight

Any of various diseases which lead to the browning and dropping of a plant's leaves.

leaf bud

A bud which contains undeveloped leaves.

leaf gap

A break in a stem's vascular tissue above the leaf trace.

leaf curl

A disease that causes leaves to roll up.

leaf miners

Tiny grubs that tunnel in leaves leaving whitish blotches or trails.

leaf litter

The leaves that have fallen from a plant, either through normal seasonal changes or due to disease. Especially in the latter case, leaf litter can harbor pathogens and should be cleaned up promptly, particularly around plants such as roses. In a naturalized, woodland setting, leaf litter can be a normal part of the workings of the garden.

leaf mold

A form of humus composed of decayed leaves, often used to enrich soil.

leaf primordium

A lateral outgrowth from the apical meristem that develops into a leaf.

leaf miners

Tiny grubs that tunnel in leaves leaving whitish blotches or trails.

leaf scar

The mark left on the twig at the point of attachment of a leafstalk when the leaf falls.

leatherjackets

Tough-skinned fat grubs that feed on roots, mostly lawn pests, but may attack border plants.

leaf spot

Any of various plant diseases that cause well-defined areas of tissue to die creating noticeable spots.

leaf trace

The strand of vascular tissue between the vascular bundle of the stem and the leaf.

leathery

Of a smoothly tough texture.

Meaning: Named for Melines Conklin Leavenworth, 19th century Yale graduate, botanist, army surgeon and explorer
Latin Pronunciation: lev-en-WER-thee-uh

leaf (pl. leaves)

A usually flat, green structure of a plant where photosynthesis and transpiration take place and attached to a stem or branch.

Meaning: Named after a place in Egypt
Latin Pronunciation: LEB-ek

Meaning: Of or from the Lebombo mountains of South Africa
Latin Pronunciation: le-bom-boh-EN-sis

Meaning: Named for Melines Conklin Leavenworth, 19th century Yale graduate, botanist, army surgeon and explorer
Latin Pronunciation: lev-en-WER-thee-eye

Meaning: Named for H.J. Lebeck, 18th century Dutch botanist and contemporary of Thunberg
Latin Pronunciation: le-BEK-ee-uh

Meaning: Variant of Leschenaultia, named for Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, 19th century French botanist and traveller
Latin Pronunciation: lay-shen-NAWL-tee-uh

Meaning: Variant spelling of leschenaultiana; named for Jean Baptiste Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, 19th century French botanist and traveller
Latin Pronunciation: lay-shen-nawl-tee-AH-na

Meaning: Variant spelling of leschenaultianum; named for Jean Baptiste Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, 19th century French botanist and traveller
Latin Pronunciation: lay-shen-nawl-tee-AH-num

Meaning: From the Greek lekythos (vase), in reference to the fruits
Latin Pronunciation: leh-SEE-thees

lectotype

A specimen selected from the original material used by the author in naming a taxon, when no holotype was designated or if the holotype is missing. See also: holotype, isotype, nomenclatural type, syntype, topotype, neotype.

Meaning: Named for Karl Friedrich von Ledebour, 19th century Russian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: le-de-BOR-ree-uh

Meaning: Named for Karl Friedrich von Ledebour, 19th century Russian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: led-e-boor-ee-AH-na

Meaning: Named for Karl Friedrich von Ledebour, 19th century Russian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: led-e-boor-ee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Karl Friedrich von Ledebour, 19th century Russian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: led-e-BOOR-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Carl Ludwig Ledermann, 20th century German botanist and plant collector in Papua New Guinea
Latin Pronunciation: led-er-MAN-ee-a

Meaning: Named for Carl Ludwig Ledermann, 20th century German botanist and plant collector in Papua New Guinea
Latin Pronunciation: led-er-man-ee-AH-na

Meaning: Named for Carl Ludwig Ledermann, 20th century German botanist and plant collector in Papua New Guinea
Latin Pronunciation: led-er-man-ee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Carl Ludwig Ledermann, 20th century German botanist and plant collector in Papua New Guinea
Latin Pronunciation: led-er-man-ee-AH-nus

Meaning: Named for Carl Ludwig Ledermann, 20th century German botanist and plant collector in Papua New Guinea
Latin Pronunciation: led-er-MAN-ee-eye

Meaning: Having leaves resemble Ledum (genus name for Wild Rosemary)
Latin Pronunciation: lee-di-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Having leaves resemble Ledum (genus name for Wild Rosemary)
Latin Pronunciation: lee-di-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: Having leaves resemble Ledum (genus name for Wild Rosemary)
Latin Pronunciation: lee-di-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Combination of Rhododendron (Greek for rose-tree) and Ledum (Greek ledon, Cistus); the plants are closely related
Latin Pronunciation: lee-doh-DEN-dron

leeward

The side opposite that from which the wind blows, the sheltered side. See also: windward.

lee shore (alt. leeshore)

The shore toward which the prevailing winds are blowing. It is not protected from strong wave action and may have breakers. See also: windward shore.

leggy

Refers to a plant growing tall and spindly, usually from inadequate sunlight.

legitimate

The name of a taxon is legitimate when published validly in accordance with the roles of nomenclature set out in either the Code of Nomenclature of cultivated Plants or the Code of botanical Nomenclature.

Meaning: Named for J Daniel Leer, 18th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: LEER-zee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LEER-see-uh

legume

The dry, single- celled fruit of the Leguminosae, formed of a simple pistil, and usually dehiscent by both sutures and often grouped in a long pod, as found in a pea-pod.

Meaning: Unknown derivation
Latin Pronunciation: le-GOO-see-uh

Meaning: Variant spelling of lehmannii; named for Professor Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, 19th century German botanist and author of work on cycads
Latin Pronunciation: lay-MAH-nee-eye

Meaning: Named for Professor Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, 19th century German botanist and author of work on cycads; also spelled lehmanii
Latin Pronunciation: lay-MAH-nee-eye

leguminous

Pertains to a legume or to the Leguminosae.

Meaning: From the Greek leio (smooth) and andros (male, or stamens) referring to the glabrous filaments
Latin Pronunciation: lee-AN-dra

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt 19th century German explorer and scientist who disappeared on an expedition in Australia
Latin Pronunciation: like-hardt-ee-AY-nuh

Meaning: Named for Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, 19th century German explorer and scientist who disappeared on an expedition in Australia
Latin Pronunciation: like-HARDT-ee-eye

Latin Pronunciation: lye anth- us
Meaning: smooth- flowered.

Meaning: Named for Max Leichtlin, 19th century German horticulturalist and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: leekt-LIN-ee-eye

Meaning: From the Greek leio (smooth) and andros (male, or stamens) referring to the glabrous filaments
Latin Pronunciation: lee-AN-drum

Meaning: Prefix meaning smooth
Latin Pronunciation: lee-oh

Meaning: With smooth fruits
Latin Pronunciation: lee-oh-KAR-pum

Latin Pronunciation: lye-oh-karp-us
Meaning: smooth- fruited.

Meaning: With smooth fruits
Latin Pronunciation: lee-oh-KAR-puh

Meaning: From the Greek leios (smooth) and phyllon (leaf); referring to its glossy leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lay-oh-FIL-luh

Latin Pronunciation: lye-oh-fill-us
Meaning: smooth- leaved.

Meaning: Named for Christian Frederick Louis Leipoldt, 20th century South African doctor and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: lee-ih-POLDT-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Edward F. Leitner, 19th century German physician and naturalist in Florida (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: layt-NER-ee-uh

Meaning: Named for John Gill Lemmon or his wife, Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon, early 20th century plant collectors in the American West. Mt. Lemmon was later named for them
Latin Pronunciation: lem-mon-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for John Gill Lemmon or his wife, Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon, early 20th century plant collectors in the American West. Mt. Lemmon was later named for them
Latin Pronunciation: lem-MON-ee-uh

lemma

The lower of the two bracts enclosing the flower in the grasses.

Meaning: Pliable
Latin Pronunciation: LEN-tuh

lentic

Of, relating to, or living in still water. See also: lotic.

lenticel

A corky spot on the surfaces of twigs through which gases are exchanged between the atmosphere and the underlying tissues. The spot sometimes persists on the barks of branches.

Meaning: Tough but pliable
Latin Pronunciation: lent-AH-go

lenticular

Lentil-shaped; of the shape of a double- convex lens.

Latin Pronunciation: len-tik-yew-lay-riss
Meaning: lens- shaped (lenticular).

Meaning: Shaped like a lens, referring to the fruits
Latin Pronunciation: len-tih-FOR-me

Meaning: Shaped like a lens, referring to the fruits
Latin Pronunciation: len-tih-FOR-mis

Meaning: Freckled, spotted
Latin Pronunciation: len-tig-i-NO-sum

Meaning: Freckled, spotted
Latin Pronunciation: len-tig-i-NO-sa

Meaning: Freckled, spotted
Latin Pronunciation: len-tig-i-NO-sus

lentiginous

With very tiny dots, as though covered with dust.

Meaning: Pliable
Latin Pronunciation: LEN-tum

Meaning: From the greek leios (smooth) and cheilos (lip), referring to the smooth surface of the lip
Latin Pronunciation: lee-o-KY-lus

Latin Pronunciation: lent-us
Meaning: pliant but tough.

Meaning: Named after Leon
Latin Pronunciation: le-ON-ee-eye

Meaning: Lion's hand or claw. From the Greek Leon - Lion and chir - hand
Latin Pronunciation: lee-on-to-chir

Meaning: Lion's tooth
Latin Pronunciation: lee-ON-toh-don

Latin Pronunciation: lee-on-toh-g/oss-us
Meaning: lion- tongued.

Meaning: Resembles lion's-petals
Latin Pronunciation: lee-on-toh-pet-al-OY-deez

Meaning: Lion's-petals
Latin Pronunciation: lee-on-toh-PET-al-um

Meaning: From the Greek lepis (scale) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: lee-PAN-theez

Meaning: Like a lion's tail
Latin Pronunciation: lee-on-or-uss

Latin Pronunciation: lee-op-ar-dye-nus
Meaning: leopard-spotted.

Meaning: Elegant
Latin Pronunciation: LEP-id-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:le-PID-uh

Meaning: Resembles Lepanthes (from the Greek lepis, scale; and anthos, flower)
Latin Pronunciation: lee-pan-THOP-siss

Meaning: Named for Ivan Ivanovich Lepechin (Lepekhin), 18th century Russian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: le-peh-KIN-ee-uh

Meaning: From the Greek lepis (scale) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-id-AN-thus

Meaning: From the Greek lepido (scale) and sparton (broom shrub)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-id-oh-SPAR-tum

Meaning: Scaly leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lep-id-oh-FIL-um

Meaning: From the Greek: lepis, lepidos (scale) and sperma (seed), referring to the hypogynous scales associated with the fruit
Latin Pronunciation: lep-id-oh-SPERM-uh

Meaning: Scaly leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lep-id-oh-FIL-uh

Meaning: Having a scaly style
Latin Pronunciation: lep-id-oh-STY-lum

Latin Pronunciation: lep-id-oh-fill-us
Meaning: scaly- leaved.

Meaning: Scaly
Latin Pronunciation: lep-PID-oh-tuh

Meaning: Scaly
Latin Pronunciation: lep-PID-oh-tum

Meaning: From the Greek lepis (scaly) and Zamia (genus name meaning pine cones, or from the name of a native water spirit)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-id-oh-ZAY-mee-uh

lepidote

Beset with small scurfy scales. See also: leprous.

Meaning: Scaly
Latin Pronunciation: lep-PID-oh-tus

Meaning: Elegant
Latin Pronunciation: LEP-id-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:le-PID-um

Meaning: Bearing scales
Latin Pronunciation: lep-IF-er-uh

Meaning: Elegant
Latin Pronunciation: LEP-id-us
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:le-PID-us

Meaning: Scaly
Latin Pronunciation: LEP-ro-suh

Meaning: Named for FRM Leprieur
Latin Pronunciation: le-pre-YOOR-ee-eye

Meaning: Scaly
Latin Pronunciation: LEP-ro-sum

Latin Pronunciation: lep-roh-sus
Meaning: scurfy.

leprous

Scurfy, covered with tiny scales. See also: lepidote.

Meaning: Thin glands
Latin Pronunciation: lep-ta-DEE-nee-a
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lep-ta-DEN-ee-a

Meaning: From the Greek leptos (thin) and andros (male, or anthers)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-TAN-dra

Meaning: From the Greek leptos (thin) and andros (male, or anthers)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-TAN-drus

Meaning: Thin glands
Latin Pronunciation: lep-ta-DEE-nee-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lep-ta-DEN-ee-um

Meaning: From the Greek leptos (thin) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-TAN-tha

Meaning: With slender fruit
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-KAR-pus

Meaning: With slender fruit
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-KAR-puh

Meaning: With slender fruit
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-KAR-pum

Meaning: From the Greek leptos (thin) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-TAN-thum

Meaning: From the Greek leptos (thin) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-TAN-thus

leptocaul

With a thin primary stem.

Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-kaw-liss
Meaning: thin- stemmed.

Meaning: From the Greek lept- (slender, thin) and kephale (head)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-SEF-uh-lum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lep-toh-KEF-uh-lum

Meaning: From the Greek lept- (slender, thin) and kephale (head)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-SEF-uh-lus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lep-toh-KEF-uh-lus

Meaning: From the Greek lept- (slender, thin) and kephale (head)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-SEF-uh-luh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lep-toh-KEF-uh-luh

Meaning: Thin-stemmed
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-KAW-lee

Meaning: Slender cactus
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-SER-ee-us

Meaning: Slender-horned
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-KER-os
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lep-toh-SER-os

Meaning: From the Greek leptos (slender) and chloa (grass)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-KLOH-uh

Meaning: Slender-horned
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-KER-as
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lep-toh-SER-as

Meaning: Slender lip
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-KY-los

Latin Pronunciation: lep - tok - lad - us
Meaning: thin-branched.

Meaning: Thin-branched
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-KLAD-um

Meaning: Thin-branched
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-KLAD-a

leptodermous

Thin-coated; applied to capsules when soft and pliable.

Meaning: Thin, slender scales
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-LEP-id-ees

Latin Pronunciation: lep-tol-ep-iss
Meaning: thin-scaled.

Meaning: Slender-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: lep-TOH-loh-ba

Meaning: Slender-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: lep-TOH-loh-bum

Meaning: Slender-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: lep-TOH-loh-bus

Meaning: From the Greek leptos (slender) and loma (border)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-LOH-muh

Meaning: With slender leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-FIL-uh

Latin Pronunciation: lep - toh - fill - us
Meaning: thin- leaved.

Meaning: With slender leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-FYE-lum

Meaning: Having thin stalks
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-POH-da

Meaning: Having thin stalks
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-POH-dum

Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-pus
Meaning: thin-stalked.

Meaning: Slender roots
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-RYE-zuh

Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-see-pal-us
Meaning: thinsepaled.

Meaning: With slender tubes
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-SY-fon

Meaning: From the Greek leptos (slender) and sperma (seed)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-SPER-ma

Meaning: From the Greek leptos (slender) and sperma (seed)
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-SPER-mus

Meaning: From the Greek lepto (thin) and pteris (fern); referring to the membranous pinnae of these ferns
Latin Pronunciation: lep-TOP-ter-iss

leptosporangiate

Describes a fern with sporangia having walls only one cell thick. See also: eusporangiate.

Meaning: Slender roots
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-RYE-zum

Meaning: Slender-spiked
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-STAK-ee-ah

Meaning: Slender-spiked
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-STAK-ee-um

Meaning: Slender roots
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-RYE-zus

Meaning: Slender-spiked
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-STAK-ee-us

leptosporangium

A thin-walled sporangium originating from a single epidermal cell.

Meaning: Like a hare's tail
Latin Pronunciation: lep-tur-OY-deez

Meaning: Delicateness
Latin Pronunciation: lep-TOH-teez

Meaning: Slender-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: lep-toh-STIG-ma

Meaning: From the Greek lepyron (husk, rind) and diklis (double-folding); referring to the two-valved capsule
Latin Pronunciation: le-py-roh-DY-klis

Meaning: Named for Jean Baptiste Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, 19th century French botanist and traveller; also spelled Lechenaultia
Latin Pronunciation: lay-shen-NAWL-tee-uh

Meaning: Named for Jean Baptiste Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, 19th century French botanist and traveller; also spelled lechenaultiana
Latin Pronunciation: lay-shen-nawl-tee-AH-na

Meaning: Named for Jean Baptiste Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, 19th century French botanist and traveller; also spelled lechenaultianum
Latin Pronunciation: lay-shen-nawl-tee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Jean Baptiste Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, 19th century French botanist and traveller; also spelled lechenaultii
Latin Pronunciation: ay-shen-NAWL-tee-eye

Meaning: Named for Jean Baptiste Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, 19th century French botanist and traveller
Latin Pronunciation: lay-shen-nawl-tee-AH-nus

Meaning: Named for Jules Paul Benjamin de Lessert, 19th century French banker and amateur botanist; he owned a private herbarium used by de Candolle
Latin Pronunciation: Less-SER-tee-uh

Meaning: Possibly named for George W. Letterman, 19th century American botanist
Latin Pronunciation: let-ter-MAH-nee-eye

Meaning: Named for John Coakley Lettsom, 19th century London physician, botanist and philanthropist, and original member of the Horticultural Society of London
Latin Pronunciation: let-SOH-mee-a

Meaning: Resembling Leucanthemum (white flower)
Latin Pronunciation: lew-kanth-eh-MOP-sis

Meaning: Diminutive form of the genus Leucanthemum (which means white flower)
Latin Pronunciation: lew-kanth-eh-MEL-uh

Meaning: With white flowers
Latin Pronunciation: lew-KAN-thum

Meaning: With white flowers
Latin Pronunciation: lew-KAN-thuss

Meaning: White fruit
Latin Pronunciation: lew-KARP-uh

Meaning: With white flowers
Latin Pronunciation: lew-KAN-thuh

Meaning: White flower
Latin Pronunciation: lew-KANTH-ih-mum

Meaning: White fruit
Latin Pronunciation: lew-KARP-uh

Meaning: From the Greek leukos, meaning white
Latin Pronunciation: LOO-kus

Meaning: Named for 19th century Prince Maximillian Eug?ne de Beauharnais, who was then Duke of Leuchtenberg, Ober-Pfalz (Germany)
Latin Pronunciation: lewk-ten-BER-gee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lewk-ten-BER-jee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: lew-koh-boh-triss
Meaning: white- clustered.

Meaning: White fruit
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-KAR-puh

Meaning: White fruit
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-KAR-pum

Meaning: White fruit
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-KAR-pus

Meaning: White stemmed; variant spelling leucocaulis
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-KAW-los

Meaning: White head.
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-SEF-uh-lus

Meaning: White fruit
Latin Pronunciation: lew-KARP-us

Latin Pronunciation: lew - koh - sef - al - us
Meaning: white-headed.

Meaning: From the Greek leukos (white) and koryne (club); referring to the white staminodes
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-KOR-ry-nee

Meaning: White skin
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-DER-mee

Meaning: White skin
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-DER-miss

Meaning: From the Greek leukos (white and genos (offspring), referring to the white flowers
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-JEN-eez

Meaning: White veined (or nerved)
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-NOOR-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:loo-koh-NYUR-uh

Meaning: White veined (or nerved)
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-NOOR-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:loo-koh-NYUR-um

Latin Pronunciation: lew-koh-new-rus
Meaning: white- veined.

Meaning: Grayish-white
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-FAY-uh

Meaning: Grayish-white
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-FAY-um

Meaning: Grayish-white
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-FAY-us

Meaning: With white leaves
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-FIL-uh

Meaning: Having white hairs
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-PIL-iss

Meaning: From the Greek leukos (white) and pilos (ball)
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-PY-la

leucoplast

A colorless plastid in the cytoplasm of interior plant tissues that is potentially capable of developing into a chloroplast.

Latin Pronunciation: lew-koh-fill-us
Meaning: white- leaved.

Meaning: White seed
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-SPER-muh

Meaning: From the Greek, meaning white staff or scepter
Latin Pronunciation: loo-ko-SEP-trum

Latin Pronunciation: lew-koh-rye-zus
Meaning: white- rooted.

Meaning: White seed
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-SPER-mum

Meaning: White beard, referring to the hairy throat of each flower
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-POH-gon

Meaning: White seed
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-SPOR-a

Meaning: White haired
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-TRY-kuh

Meaning: White haired
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-TRY-kus

Meaning: White haired
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-TRY-kum

Meaning: From the Greek leukos (white) and xylon (wood)
Latin Pronunciation: loo-koh-ZY-lon

Meaning: Named for Joseph Philippe Francois Deleuze, 19th century Frenchman and friend of de Candolle
Latin Pronunciation: LEW-zee-uh

levee

1. A term used in the united States for an embankment to prevent an area from being flooded. 2. In areas to be irrigated, the small continuous ridge for confining the areas to be flooded. 3. Also a pier, landing place, or quay.

Meaning: Named for Capt. Merriweather Lewis, who - with William Clark - made the first transcontinental expedition across America (1804-1806)
Latin Pronunciation: lew-ISS-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for F.L. Lewton, who collected plants in the late 19th century
Latin Pronunciation: lew-TON-ee-eye

Meaning: An anagram of Elymus, a genus name from the Latin arena (sand), referring to its native sandy habitat
Latin Pronunciation: LEE-mus

liana (alt. liane)

Any of various high-climbing woody plants, usually found in the tropics.

Meaning: Named for Christopher John Leyland, British horticulturist who crossed Cupressus nootkatensis (formerly Chamaecyparis) and Cupressus macrocarpa in his mid-Wales garden
Latin Pronunciation: lay-LAN-dee-eye

Meaning: Of or from Mt. Lebanon
Latin Pronunciation: LIB-an-ee

lianoid

Vine-like.

Meaning: Of or from Lebanon
Latin Pronunciation: lib-an-OT-ih-kuh

Meaning: Of or from Lebanon
Latin Pronunciation: lib-an-OT-ih-kum

Meaning: Of or from Liberia (West Africa)
Latin Pronunciation: ly-BER-ee-kuh

lichen

An organism formed by the symbiotic association of an alga and a fungus.

Meaning: Of or from Lichiang, Yunnan China; also spelled likiangense
Latin Pronunciation: ly-kee-ang-EN-see
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ly-chee-ang-EN-see

Meaning: Of or from Lichiang, Yunnan China; also spelled likiangensis
Latin Pronunciation: ly-kee-ang-EN-sis
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ly-chee-ang-EN-sis

Meaning: Resembles Lychnis (genus name from the Greek lychnos, lamp; referring to one species' ancient use as a wick)
Latin Pronunciation: lik-NOY-deez

life form

Characteristic structure of a plant or animal.

lifting

Digging up and removing a plant from its surrounding soil.

lignification (adj. lignified)

The process by which herbaceous stems become hard and woody.

lignification (adj. lignified)

The process by which herbaceous stems become hard and woody.

light shade

1. Incomplete shade, where some sunlight is still available. 2. An area in shade for only part of the day.

light frost

A frost where the air has dropped below freezing but the ground has not. Many plants can survive a light frost but cannot survive a hard frost.

lignin

The chief noncarbohydrate constituent of wood, a polymer that functions as a natural binder and support for the cellulose fibers of woody plants.

Meaning: Woody
Latin Pronunciation: lig-NO-suh

Latin Pronunciation: lig-noh-sus
Meaning: woody.

lignotuber

A woody swelling on the trunk of a tree or shrub, below or just above the ground, that contains adventitious buds from which new shoots develop if the top of the plant is cut or burnt.

lignum vitae

The very hard, heavy wood of any of several trees of the genusGuaiacum.

Meaning: Chilean vernacular name for this plant
Latin Pronunciation: LIG-too

Meaning: Strap-like
Latin Pronunciation: lig-yoo-LAIR-ee

Meaning: Woody
Latin Pronunciation: lig-NO-sum

Meaning: Tongue- (or strap-) like; with ligules
Latin Pronunciation: lig-yo-LAY-tum

Latin Pronunciation: lig-yew-lay-tus
Meaning: strap-shaped.

Meaning: Tongue- (or strap-) like; with ligules
Latin Pronunciation: lig-yo-LAY-ta

ligulate

Furnished with a ligule.

ligule

A strap-shaped corolla, as found in the rayflowers of Compositae. 2. A thin often scarious projection from the summit of the sheath in grasses.

Latin Pronunciation: lig - yew - lay - riss
Meaning: strap- shaped.

Meaning: Having foliage like Ligusticum (genus name for plant growing in the Liguria region of Italy)
Latin Pronunciation: lig-us-tih-kih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Strap-like style
Latin Pronunciation: lig-yoo-lis-STY-lis

Meaning: Strap-like style
Latin Pronunciation: lig-you-lis-STY-ley

Meaning: Having foliage like Privet (Ligustrum genus)
Latin Pronunciation: lig-us-trih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Having foliage like Privet (Ligustrum genus)
Latin Pronunciation: lig-us-trih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Resembles Ligustrum (Privet)
Latin Pronunciation: lig-UST-ree-nuh

Meaning: Having foliage like Ligusticum (genus name for plant growing in the Liguria region of Italy)
Latin Pronunciation: lig-us-tik-ih-FOH-lee-a

Meaning: Variant of lichiangense, meaning of or from Lichiang, Yunnan China
Latin Pronunciation: ly-kee-ang-EN-see

Meaning: Resembles Ligustrum (Privet)
Latin Pronunciation: lig-ust-rin-OY-deez

Meaning: An old name for Privet
Latin Pronunciation: lig-GUS-trum

Latin Pronunciation: lye-gus-trye-nus
Meaning: Privet (Ligustrum)-like.

Meaning: Variant of lichiangensis, meaning of or from Lichiang, Yunnan China
Latin Pronunciation: ly-kee-ang-EN-sis

Meaning: Lilac (lavender) coloured
Latin Pronunciation: ly-las-SY-num

Meaning: Lilac (lavender) coloured
Latin Pronunciation: ly-las-SY-nuh

Meaning: Resembles Lilaea (genus named for Alire Raffeneau-Delile, 19th century French botanist)
Latin Pronunciation: li-lee-OP-sis

Latin Pronunciation: lye-las-sye-nus
Meaning: lilac-like or -colored.

Meaning: Named for Alire Raffeneau-Delile, 19th century French botanist
Latin Pronunciation: li-LEE-a

Meaning: Like a lily
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-AH-go

Meaning: The Lilium (lily) family
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-AY-see-ay

Meaning: Like a lily
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-AST-ruh

Meaning: Like a lily
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-AST-rum

Meaning: Having flowers like Lilium
Latin Pronunciation: lil-lee-ih-FLOR-uh

Latin Pronunciation: ill - ee - if - floh - rus
Meaning: Lily- flowered.

Meaning: Having leaves like Lily
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-eye-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Having leaves like Lily
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-eye-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Having lily-like flowers
Latin Pronunciation: lil-lee-FLOR-uh

Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: with Lily-like leaves.

Meaning: Tiny
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-pyoo-TAH-na

Meaning: Combination of lily and asphodelus, a lily-like plant whose roots were eaten
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-oh-as-foh-DEL-us

Meaning: Tiny
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-pyoo-shee-AH-nus

Meaning: Tiny
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-pyoo-shee-AH-num

Meaning: Tiny
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-pyoo-shee-AH-nuh

Meaning: Tiny; also spelled liliputiana
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-pyoo-shee-AH-nuh

limb

1. A branch of a tree. 2. The expanded portion of any petal, or of a leaf, such as the expanded portion of a gamopetalous corolla above the throat. 3. The upper part of a leaf as distinct from the leaf base.

Meaning: Tiny; also spelled liliputianus
Latin Pronunciation: lil-ee-pyoo-shee-AH-nus

limbate

Describes a leaf bordered by a part of another color.

Meaning: Bordered
Latin Pronunciation: lim-BAY-tuh

lime-hater

Plant unable to thrive in alkaline.

limbed

Refers to timber with branches removed.

Latin Pronunciation: lim-bay-tus
Meaning: bordered.

Meaning: Bordered
Latin Pronunciation: lim-BAY-tum

lime

Calcium carbonate, often added to the soil to reduce acidity.

Meaning: Of or from Lima, Peru
Latin Pronunciation: lee-MEN-see

lime-dots

White salt concretions around a hydathode.

Meaning: Of or from Lima, Peru
Latin Pronunciation: lee-MEN-sis

limiting factor

The environmental impact by which the limit of tolerance of an organism is reached, acting as the restriction to one or more functions, or in its geographic distribution, e.g., if a plant dies when frosted, temperature is its limiting factor in a northward spread.

Meaning: From the Greek limnos (stagnant pool or swamp)
Latin Pronunciation: LIM-nas

Meaning: From the Greek limne (marsh) and bios (life)
Latin Pronunciation: lim-NO-bee-um

Meaning: From the Latin limes (file), referring to the acicular or linear leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lim-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Resembling Limnas (a similar Eurasian genus; from the Greek word for stagnant pool or swamp)
Latin Pronunciation: lim-NO-dee-a

limnology

The study of fresh water bodies with regard to physical, chemical, geological, meteorological, biological, and ecological conditions. Oceanography encompasses the same specialties for marine salt waters.

Meaning: From the Greek limnos (stagnant pool or swamp) and skiadeion (parasol, umbrella, or canopy)
Latin Pronunciation: lim-no-skee-AY-dee-um

Meaning: From the Greek l?mnee (pond) and philos (friend), referring to the plant's natural habitat
Latin Pronunciation: lim-no-FIL-uh

Meaning: Marsh, mud
Latin Pronunciation: lim-OH-suh

Meaning: Lemon
Latin Pronunciation: LEE-mon

Latin Pronunciation: lim - moh - sus
Meaning: of marshy places.

Meaning: From the Greek linon (flax) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: ly-NAN-thus

Meaning: Leaves like Linaria
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ar-ee-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Resembles Linaria (genus name meaning flax-like)
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ar-ee-OY-deez

Meaning: Marsh, mud
Latin Pronunciation: lim-OH-sum

Latin Pronunciation: lin-ay-ree-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: Linaria leaved.

Meaning: Named for Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer, 19th century German political exile who lived and collected plants in Texas (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: lind-HY-mer-uh

Meaning: Named for Jean-Jules Linden, 19th century Belgian Orchid grower and nursery man
Latin Pronunciation: lin-DEN-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Franz Balthasar von Lindern, 18th century German botanist
Latin Pronunciation: lin-DERN-ee-uh

Meaning: Named for Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer, 19th century German political exile who lived and collected plants in Texas (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: lind-HY-mer-ee

Meaning: Named for Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer, 19th century German political exile who lived and collected plants in Texas (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: lind-hy-mer-ee-AY-nuh

Meaning: Named for Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer, 19th century German political exile who lived and collected plants in Texas (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: lind-hy-mer-ee-AY-nus

Meaning: Named for Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer, 19th century German political exile who lived and collected plants in Texas (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: lind-hy-MER-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for John Lindley, 18th century British botanist and taxonomist; professor of botany in London University
Latin Pronunciation: lind-lee-AY-num

Meaning: Named for John Lindley, 18th century British botanist and taxonomist; professor of botany in London University
Latin Pronunciation: lind-lee-AY-nuh

Meaning: Named for John Lindley, 18th century British botanist and taxonomist; professor of botany in London University
Latin Pronunciation: LIND-lee-eye

Meaning: Named for John Lindley, 18th century British botanist and taxonomist; professor of botany in London University
Latin Pronunciation: lind-lee-YEL-uh

Meaning: Named for John Lindsay, 19th century British surgeon who discovered fern spore
Latin Pronunciation: lind-SAY-ee-uh

Meaning: Named for John Lindley, 18th century British botanist and taxonomist; professor of botany in London University
Latin Pronunciation: lind-lee-AY-nus

Meaning: Linear or lined
Latin Pronunciation: lin-AIR-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lin-AIR-ay

linear

Long and narrow with parallel margins.

line

A nursery term to describe a group of individuals from similar parentage with similar traits; a cultivar.

line-out

To set out young rooted plants in the outdoor nursery to grow larger or on which to work grafts.

Meaning: Linear leaf
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-ar-ee-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Linear leaf
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-ar-ee-FOH-lee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-ay-rif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: narrow-leaved.

Meaning: Having linear lobes
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-ar-ih-LOH-ba

Meaning: Having linear lobes
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-ar-ih-LOH-bum

Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-ay-ril-/oh-bus
Meaning: narrow-lobed.

Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-ay-riss
Meaning: narrow (linear).

Meaning: Linear, striped with a parallel line (plumb line)
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-AY-tuh

Meaning: Linear, striped with a parallel line (plumb line)
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-AY-tum

Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-ay-tus
Meaning: striped, lined.

Meaning: Lined
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-oh-LAY-ta

linguiform

Tongue shaped.

Meaning: Elongated
Latin Pronunciation: lin-GWEE-form-ee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lin-GWIH-form-ee

Meaning: Like a tongue
Latin Pronunciation: LIN-gwa

Meaning: Elongated
Alternative Meaning:Long form
Latin Pronunciation: lin-GWEE-form-iss
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lin-GWIH-form-iss

Meaning: Small tongue-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: lin-gyoo-LAH-tuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lin-gyoo-LAY-tuh

Meaning: Small tongue-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: lin-gyoo-LAH-tum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lin-gyoo-LAY-tum

Latin Pronunciation: lin-gew-lay-tus
Meaning: tongue-shaped.

Meaning: Flax- or Linum-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ih-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Flax- or Linum-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ih-FOH-lee-um

Latin Pronunciation: lin-gwus
Meaning: tongue-like.

Meaning: From Lingyun, a town in SE China
Latin Pronunciation: ling-yoon-EN-suh

Latin Pronunciation: lye-nif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: with Flax (Linum)-like leaves.

Meaning: Named for Dr. Heinrich Friedrich Link, 19th century German physician and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: link-ee-AY-nuh

Meaning: Named for Dr. Heinrich Friedrich Link, 19th century German physician and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: LINK-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Dr. Heinrich Friedrich Link, 19th century German physician and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: link-ee-AY-nus

Meaning: Named for Carl von Linn?, 18th century Swedish botanist often referred to as the Father of Taxonomy
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-AH-na
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lin-ay-AH-na

Meaning: Named for Carl von Linn?, 18th century Swedish botanist often referred to as the Father of Taxonomy
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-AH-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lin-ay-AH-num

Linnaean (alt. Linnean)

Of, or relating to, the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), or the taxonomic classification system of binomial nomenclature he originated.

Meaning: Named for Carl von Linn?, 18th century Swedish botanist often referred to as the Father of Taxonomy
Latin Pronunciation: LIN-ay-a
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LIN-ee-a

Latin Pronunciation: lye-no-fin-us
Meaning: Flax-leaved.

Latin Pronunciation: lin-noy-deez
Meaning: Flax-like.

Meaning: Named for Carl von Linn?, 18th century Swedish botanist often referred to as the Father of Taxonomy
Latin Pronunciation: lin-ee-AH-nus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lin-ay-AH-nus

Meaning: Linear spadix
Latin Pronunciation: ly-no-SPAY-diks
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lin-oh-SPAY-diks

lip

Each of the upper and lower divisions of a bilabiate corolla or calyx; the peculiar upper (but by a twist of the pedicel apparently lower) petal in orchids.

Meaning: Alternate spelling of lyratum (lyre)
Latin Pronunciation: ly-RAH-ta

Meaning: From the Greek, leipo (to fall) and carpha (chaff)
Latin Pronunciation: li-po-KAR-fa

lip petal

The lower petals of some irregular flowers, often elaborately showy, as in orchids.

Meaning: From the Greek lirion (lily) and osme (odor, smell), referring to its fragrance
Latin Pronunciation: lir-RY-ohs-me

lister

An agricultural implement consisting of a double plow, in which the plowshares force the soil in opposite directions, forming a series of alternate ridges and furrows. The basin lister comes with an attachment that forms low soil dams across each furrow at intervals of 15 to 25 feet (to 6.5 m.), forming basins to hold large amounts of water.

lithic context (syn. stratigraphic context)

The rock layers surrounding a fossil that allow the age of the fossil to be determined.

Meaning: The name is of Chinese origin, used for both the tree and fruit it bears
Latin Pronunciation: LEE-chee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:LY-chee

literature retrieval

The process of selecting--manually or automated--appropriate documents within the mass of published literature that are of interest to the user. See also: document retrieval, data retrieval.

Latin Pronunciation: lith-off-il-us
Meaning: rock-dwelling.

Meaning: From the Greek lithos (stone) and phragma (fence)
Latin Pronunciation: lith-oh-FRAG-muh

lithophyte

A plant that grows on rocks.

Latin Pronunciation: lith-oh-sperm-us
Meaning: with stone-like seeds.

Meaning: Of the seashore; sometimes spelled littoralis
Latin Pronunciation: lit-or-AY-liss

Meaning: Of the seashore; sometimes spelled littorale
Latin Pronunciation: lit-or-AY-lee

Meaning: Named for Dr. Samuel Litton, 19th century professor of botany at University College Dublin
Latin Pronunciation: lit-TON-ee-uh

littoral

Of or existing on a shore.

Meaning: Of the sea shore
Latin Pronunciation: lit-tor-AY-lee
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lit-tor-AY-lay

Latin Pronunciation: lit-tor-ray-liss
Meaning: of the seashore.

littoral drift

Sediment and detritus moved along the shore by waves and currents. See also: littoral zone.

littoral zone

The shallow water along the shore from zero to the depth where plants no longer root, about 10 feet (3 m.) deep.

Meaning: Pertaining to the seashore
Latin Pronunciation: lit-TOR-ee-um

Meaning: Pertaining to the seashore
Latin Pronunciation: lit-TOR-ee-a

Latin Pronunciation: lit-tor-ee-us
Meaning: of the shore or coast.

Meaning: Lead-colored (dark gray or blue)
Latin Pronunciation: LI-vid-um

Meaning: Lead-colored (dark gray or blue)
Latin Pronunciation: LI-vid-uh

liverwort

A nonflowering plant in the botanical class Hepaticae, closely related to the mosses.

Latin Pronunciation: /iv-id-us
Meaning: bluish, livid.

Meaning: Of or from Lixian (China)
Latin Pronunciation: lee-shee-an-EN-sis

Meaning: Named for La Llave
Latin Pronunciation: LAH-vay-uh

Meaning: Named for Lize Freres who created the hybrid in France in 1910
Latin Pronunciation: LY-zee-eye

loam (syn. loamy soil)

1. A generally fertile and well-drained soil, containing clay, sand, and a significant amount of decomposed organic matter. 2. Any soil.

Meaning: Named for Edward Lloyd, 17th century Welsh antiquary and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: LOYD-ee-uh

lobate

Having numerous lobes.

Meaning: Lobed, referring to shapes like the ear lobe
Latin Pronunciation: low-BAH-tum

Latin Pronunciation: loh-bay-tus
Meaning: lobed.

Meaning: Lobed, referring to shapes like the ear lobe
Latin Pronunciation: low-BAH-tuh

Meaning: Named for one of two 19th century Cornish brothers and plant collectors; William Lobb collected for Messrs. Veitch in America; Thomas Lobb in Asia and Indonesia
Latin Pronunciation: lob-ee-AY-nuh

lobe

Any segment of an organ, especially if rounded.

Meaning: Named for one of two 19th century Cornish brothers and plant collectors; William Lobb collected for Messrs. Veitch in America; Thomas Lobb in Asia and Indonesia
Latin Pronunciation: lob-ee-AY-nus

Meaning: Named for one of two 19th century Cornish brothers and plant collectors; William Lobb collected for Messrs. Veitch in America; Thomas Lobb in Asia and Indonesia
Latin Pronunciation: LOB-bee-eye

Meaning: Named for one of two 19th century Cornish brothers and plant collectors; William Lobb collected for Messrs. Veitch in America; Thomas Lobb in Asia and Indonesia
Latin Pronunciation: lob-ee-AY-num

Meaning: Named for Mathias de L'Obel, 16th century Belgian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: low-BEL-ee-eye

lobedleaf

A leaf whose margin is shallowly divided.

Meaning: From the Greek lobos (lobe) and stemon (thread, filament)
Latin Pronunciation: loh-boh-STEE-mon

Latin Pronunciation: loh-bew-lay-riss
Meaning: lobed.

Meaning: Small pod
Latin Pronunciation: lob-yoo-LAR-ee-uh

lobulate

With irregular, rounded lobes.

Meaning: Lobe-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: lob-yoo-LAY-tum

lobule

A subdivision of a lobe.

Meaning: Lobe-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: lob-yoo-LAY-ta

Meaning: Lobe-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: lob-yoo-LAY-tus

location survey

A less expensive land survey done to only prove that a specific building or right of way is situated on a plot of land, rather than the more detailed metes and bounds survey which gives all border limitations and positions.

lociation

A variation of a climax association, differing from the normal in the kinds of subdominants. See also: faciation.

Meaning: From the Latin locus, meaning place; pertaining to a place
Latin Pronunciation: lo-KAL-iss

locular (alt. loculate)

Having a cavity or chamber inside the ovary, anther, or fruit.

Meaning: Named for David Lockhart, 18th century Kew gardener and the first Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Trinidad
Latin Pronunciation: lok-HART-ee-uh

locule (alt. loculus, pl. loculi)

Compartment or cavity of an ovary, anther, or fruit.

loculicidal

Longitudinally dehiscent between the partitions of the locule, as in Liliaceae. See also: septicidal.

locule (alt. loculus, pl. loculi)

Compartment or cavity of an ovary, anther, or fruit.

Meaning: Named for Conrad Loddiges, 19th century London-based supplier of exotic plants and botanical artist
Latin Pronunciation: low-dih-GEEZ-ee-eye

locus (pl. loci)

The position in a chromosome of a particular gene or allele.

Meaning: Growing in an enclosed space
Latin Pronunciation: loh-KUS-tuh

lodicule

One of a pair of tiny scales at the base of a grass floret, believed to a be reduced perianth segments.

Meaning: From Lodoicus, the Latinized form of Louis; in honor of 18th century King Louis XV of France
Latin Pronunciation: lo-DOY-see-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lo-do-IS-ee-uh

Meaning: Named for Johan Alberto Constantin Loefgren, early 20th century Swedish botanist
Latin Pronunciation: lof-gren-ee-AH-na

Meaning: Named for Johan Alberto Constantin Loefgren, early 20th century Swedish botanist
Latin Pronunciation: lof-GREN-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for Johan Alberto Constantin Loefgren, early 20th century Swedish botanist
Latin Pronunciation: lof-gren-ee-AH-num

Meaning: Named for Pehr L?fling (aka Peter Loefling), an 18th century Swiss student of Linne, and a naturalist, botanist and explorer in South America
Latin Pronunciation: lohf-LING-ee-a

Meaning: Named for Johan Alberto Constantin Loefgren, early 20th century Swedish botanist
Latin Pronunciation: lof-gren-ee-AH-nus

Meaning: Of or from Loerie (South Africa)
Latin Pronunciation: lor-ee-EN-see

Meaning: Like Loeselia (genus named for Johannes Loeselius, 17th century German botanist and physician)
Latin Pronunciation: les-see-lee-ASS-trum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:les-sel-ee-ASS-trum

Meaning: Of or from Loerie (South Africa)
Latin Pronunciation: lor-ee-EN-sis

Meaning: Named for Johannes Loeselius, 17th century German botanist and physician
Latin Pronunciation: les-SEE-lee-eye
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:les-SEL-ee-eye

loess

A deposit of relatively consistent fine soil, mostly silt, usually carried by wind.

log (v. logging)

1. A length of the trunk of a tree; any unshaped timber. 2. A record kept of an event, as a ship's log or mud logging.

Meaning: Named for Judge James Harvey Logan, 19th century Californian (American)
Latin Pronunciation: lo-gan-oh-BAK-kus

log lifter

A tool designed to easily roll a log, a cant hook, or pike.

Meaning: From the Greek loma (edge, margin), andros (male), referring to the cicular margin of the anthers
Latin Pronunciation: loh-MAN-druh

Meaning: Resembles Lomandra (genus name for a rush)
Latin Pronunciation: loh-man-DROY-deez

Meaning: From the Greek loma (border or edge); referring to the sori on the edge of the fronds
Latin Pronunciation: loh-MAR-ee-uh

Meaning: From the Greek loma (border) and refers to the winged edge of the seeds
Latin Pronunciation: lo-MAY-shee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lo-MAY-tee-uh

loment

On legumes, a pod which narrows between the seeds, drying and splitting apart at maturity into one-seeded segments.

Meaning: Spear-shaped fruit
Latin Pronunciation: lon-ko-KAR-puh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lon-cho-KAR-puh

lomentum

A pod constricted between the seeds.

Meaning: Spear-shaped fruit
Latin Pronunciation: lon-ko-KAR-pus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lon-cho-KAR-pus

Meaning: Spear-shaped
Latin Pronunciation: lon-KY-tiss

Meaning: Spear-shaped fruit
Latin Pronunciation: lon-ko-KAR-pum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:lon-cho-KAR-pum

long-day

Of, relating to, or being a plant which flowers only after being exposed to daylight for periods longer than a particular length, usually in the late spring or early summer.

Meaning: Long
Latin Pronunciation: LONG-uh

Meaning: Long lived; longevity
Latin Pronunciation: lon-GAY-vuh

Meaning: From a Chinese name for the species, Long Yan Rou - Dragon Eyes
Latin Pronunciation: long-an

Meaning: Prefix meaning long
Latin Pronunciation: longee

long-lived

Describes a plant where the individuals subsist for a number of years.

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jep-ped-unk ew-lay-tus
Meaning: with a long flower stalk.

Meaning: Having notably long roots (or root-like)
Latin Pronunciation: long-er-ry-zoh-mat-OH-sus

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jeb-brak-tee-aytus
Meaning: long-bracted.

Meaning: Having notably long roots (or root-like)
Latin Pronunciation: long-er-ry-zoh-mat-OH-suh

Meaning: Having notably long roots (or root-like)
Latin Pronunciation: long-er-ry-zoh-mat-OH-sum

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jik-kaw-day-tus
Meaning: long-tailed.

Meaning: With long bracts
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-brak-tee-AY-tum

Meaning: With long bracts
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-brak-tee-AY-tuh

Meaning: Long-stemmed (or branched)
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-KAW-lee

Meaning: Long-stemmed (or branched)
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-KAW-liss

Meaning: Having long cilium (fringe or hair)
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-sil-ee-AH-tus

Meaning: Having long cilium (fringe or hair)
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-sil-ee-AH-ta

Meaning: Long-haired
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-KOH-muh

Meaning: Having a long corn
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-KORN-is

Meaning: Long-haired
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-KOH-mus

Meaning: Having a long corn
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-KORN-is

Meaning: Long-pointed
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-KUS-pis

Meaning: With long bracts
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-brak-tee-AY-tuh

Meaning: Long flower
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-FLO-ruh

Meaning: Long flower
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-FLO-rum

Latin Pronunciation: Ion - jif - floh - rus
Meaning: long- flowered.

Meaning: Having long glands
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-gland-yoo-LOH-sa

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: long- leaved.

Meaning: Having long glands
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-gland-yoo-LOH-sus

Meaning: Having long glands
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-gland-yoo-LOH-sum

Meaning: With long hooks
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-ham-AH-tuh

Meaning: Long leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-FOH-lee-um

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jih-ham-may-tus
Meaning: long-hooked.

Meaning: Long-lipped
Latin Pronunciation: lon-JEE-lab-ree

Meaning: Long-lipped
Latin Pronunciation: lon-JEE-lab-riss

Meaning: Named for Bayard Long, early 20th century botanist
Latin Pronunciation: LON-gee-eye

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jil-lam-in-nay-tus
Meaning: with long plates (laminae).

Meaning: Long-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: lon-JEE-loh-buh

Meaning: Long-lobed
Latin Pronunciation: lon-JEE-loh-bum

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jip-eez
Meaning: long-stalked.

Meaning: Long petals
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-PET-uh-luh

Latin Pronunciation: lon-ji/-oh-bus
Meaning: long-lobed.

Meaning: Long petals
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-PET-uh-lum

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jip-pet-alus
Meaning: long-petaled.

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jip-pin-nay-tus
Meaning: long-pinnate.

Meaning: With long racemes
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-ray-see-MO-suh

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jih-ray-sem-mohsus
Meaning: long-racemed.

Meaning: Long-beaked
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-ROS-tree

Meaning: Long-beaked
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-ROS-tris

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jis-skay-pus
Meaning: longscaped.

Meaning: With long sepals
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-SEE-pal-uh

Meaning: With long sepals
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-SEE-pal-um

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jis-see-pal-us
Meaning: longsepaled.

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jis-spayth-us
Meaning: longspathed.

Meaning: Long spike
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-spi-KAH-tuh

Meaning: Long spike
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-spi-KAH-tum

Meaning: Long leaves
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Prefix meaning long
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee

Meaning: Long spike
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-spi-KAH-tus

Meaning: Long-thorned
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-SPY-nuh

Meaning: Long-thorned
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-SPY-num

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jis-spye-nus
Meaning: longspined.

Meaning: The longest
Latin Pronunciation: lon-JIS-ee-muh

Meaning: The longest
Latin Pronunciation: lon-JIS-ee-mum

Latin Pronunciation: lon-jiss-im-us
Meaning: very long.

Meaning: Having a long style
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-STY-luh

Meaning: Having a long style
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-STY-lum

Meaning: Long tubes
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-TOO-bum

Latin Pronunciation: lon - jis - stye - lus
Meaning: long styled.

Meaning: Long tubes
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-TOO-buh

Meaning: Long tubes
Latin Pronunciation: lon-jee-TOO-bus

longitudinal

Lengthwise.

Meaning: Long
Latin Pronunciation: LONG-um

Latin Pronunciation: lon-gus
Meaning: long.

Meaning: Resembling Lontarus (old genus name, replaced by Borassus)
Latin Pronunciation: lon-tar-OY-deez

Meaning: Named for Adam Lonitzer, 16th century German botanist and author
Latin Pronunciation: luh-NIS-er-a

loofa (alt. luffa)

The dried fibrous fruit of a plant of the genusLuffa which is used as a rough sponge.

Latin Pronunciation: loh-fanth-us
Meaning: with crested flowers.

Meaning: Crested flower
Latin Pronunciation: low-FAN-tha

Meaning: Crested flower
Latin Pronunciation: low-FAN-thum

Meaning: From the Greek lophos (mane, crest); referring to the pubescence on the tepals
Latin Pronunciation: lo-fee-OH-la

Meaning: From the Greek lophos (crest) cereus (genus name for cactus, meaning torch)
Latin Pronunciation: lof-oh-KER-ee-us

Meaning: From the Greek lophos (crest) and phoreo (bearer, carrier)
Latin Pronunciation: lof-OH-for-um

Meaning: Resembles Lophora (genus name, from the Greek lophos, crest; and phoreo, bearer, carrier)
Latin Pronunciation: lof-oh-for-OY-deez

Meaning: From the Greek lophos (crest) and phoreo (bearer, carrier)
Latin Pronunciation: lof-OH-for-us

Meaning: Crested Seed
Latin Pronunciation: lo-fo-sper-mum

Meaning: Having leaves like Loranthus (Mistletoe)
Latin Pronunciation: lor-anth-ih-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: From Greek lophos (tuft), referring to cluster of stamen
Latin Pronunciation: lof-oh-STEE-mon

Meaning: Having leaves like Loranthus (Mistletoe)
Latin Pronunciation: lor-anth-ih-FOH-lee-uh

loppers (alt. lopping shears)

Long-handled pruning shears for cutting larger branches; may be rachet tools, with telescoping handles or specialized long reach type.

lorate

Strap-shaped.

Meaning: Having leaves like Loranthus (Mistletoe)
Latin Pronunciation: lor-anth-ih-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: Strap flower
Latin Pronunciation: lor-AN-thus

Meaning: From the Greek loron (strap)
Latin Pronunciation: LOR-ee-uh

Meaning: From the Greek loron (strap)
Latin Pronunciation: LOR-ee-us

Meaning: Named for Lori; the namesake depends on the species being commemorated
Latin Pronunciation: LOR-ee-ay

Meaning: From the Latin, meaning armored or wearing armor
Latin Pronunciation: lor-ih-KAY-ta

Latin Pronunciation: lor-if-foh-lee-us
Meaning: strap- leaved.

Meaning: From the Greek loron (strap)
Latin Pronunciation: LOR-ee-um

Meaning: From the Greek loron (thong, strap), and phyllon (leaf)
Latin Pronunciation: lor-oh-FIL-uh

Meaning: Resembles Lotus (ancient Greek name for another plant)
Latin Pronunciation: loh-TOY-deez

lotic

Of, relating to, or living in actively moving water. See also: lentic.

Meaning: Having leaves like Lotus
Latin Pronunciation: lo-tif-FOH-lee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: loh-tif-foh-lee-us
Meaning: Lotus- leaved.

Meaning: Having leaves like Lotus
Latin Pronunciation: lo-tif-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Of or from Louisiana (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: loo-ee-see-AN-ih-kuh

Meaning: Of or from Louisiana (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: loo-ee-see-AN-um

Meaning: Named for Joao Loureiro, 18th century Portuguese naturalist and author of Flora Cochinchinensis
Latin Pronunciation: lor-EAR-ee-eye

Meaning: Of or from Louisiana (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: loo-ee-see-AN-uh

Meaning: Of or from Louisiana (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: loo-ee-see-AN-us

Meaning: Named for Sir Hugh Low, 19th century British Colonial Officer
Latin Pronunciation: LOW-ee-eye

Meaning: From the Greek loxos (angled or oblique), anthos (flower) and cereus (torch, candle); this name has been replaced by Cleistocactus
Latin Pronunciation: loks-an-tho-KER-ee-us
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:loks-an-tho-SER-ee-us

Meaning: From the Greek loxos (oblique or slanting) and stigma (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: loks-oh-STIG-ma

Meaning: Named for C Lubbers
Latin Pronunciation: lub-er-see-AH-nuh

Meaning: From the Greek loxos (oblique or slanting) and stylis (style)
Latin Pronunciation: loks-oh-STY-lis

Meaning: Referring to Port Lucaya, Grand Bahamas Island
Latin Pronunciation: loo-kay-AH-num

Meaning: Referring to Port Lucaya, Grand Bahamas Island
Latin Pronunciation: loo-kay-AH-nus

Meaning: Bright, shining
Latin Pronunciation: loo-senz

Meaning: Referring to Port Lucaya, Grand Bahamas Island
Latin Pronunciation: loo-kay-AH-na

Meaning: Bright, clear, lustrous
Latin Pronunciation: loo-sid-um

Latin Pronunciation: /ew-sid-us
Meaning: bright, shining.

Meaning: Bright, clear, lustrous
Latin Pronunciation: loo-sid-uh

Meaning: Named for Lucile Boissier, wife of 19th century Swiss botanist Edmond Boissier
Latin Pronunciation: luh-SIL-ee-ay
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:luh-KIL-ee-ay

luculicidal

Dehiscent into the cavity at a cell through the dorsal suture.

Meaning: The name is of unknown origin
Latin Pronunciation: loo-DIS-ee-uh

Meaning: Of or from Louisiana (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: loo-doh-vik-ee-AH-nuh

Meaning: Of or from Louisiana (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: loo-doh-vik-ee-AH-num

Latin Pronunciation: lew-doh-viss-ee-ay-nus
Meaning: of Louisiana.

Meaning: named for Christian Luerssen, early 20th century Swedish botanist and professor at K?nigliches botanisches Institut in K?nigsberg
Latin Pronunciation: loor-SEN-ee-eye