Category: L
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Lianescent
(Of shrubs) with climbing branches behaving like lianas.
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Liana, liane
Woody climber, supported by other vegetation. A twining or climbing plant with rope-like woody stems. A woody vine.
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Leuco-anthocyanins
Natural colouring agents in plants giving white and blue-red colour.
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Leptosporangiate
(In pteridophytes) with sporangia derived from one superficial cell (not from a group of cells).
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Leptophyll
Leaf size class proposed by Raunkiaer (1934): smaller than 25 mm2.
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Leptomorph
(Of rhizomes) long, thin and extending ± indefinitely.
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Leptocaul
(Of habit) with slender, highly branched stems.
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Lepidote
Clothed on the surface with small scales.
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Lentiform
Shaped like a lentil, convex on both sides and with a circular circumference.
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Lenticular
A 3-dimensional body that is circular in section and convex on both sides. In the shape of a lens, a three dimensional form that is circular from one side but convex towards the margins. Referring to or like a lens. Relating to or resembling a lens, specifically the crystalline lens of the eye or the…