Category: L
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Latrorsely
Towards or along the sides.
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Latrorse
(Of anthers) opening sideways or laterally, not inwards; (General) turned sideways, i.e. not towards or away from the axis.
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Latiseptose
With broad partitions.
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Laticiferous
Latex-bearing.
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Laterally
On or at the side or margin. Towards or on the side of the body.
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Latent
Resting, dormant, non-active. Referring to a disease which is present in the body but does not show any signs. Dormant; existing as a potential (e.g., latent diabetes, mild disorder of carbohydrate metabolism occurring only when stress loads of glucose are given).
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Lanulose
Minutely woolly.
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Lanuginose
Woolly, with long and inter-woven hairs.
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Lanose
Woolly, with interwoven long woolly hairs.
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Lanceolate
Narrowly ovate and tapering to a point at the apex. (This term has been interpreted in several ways; some 60 years ago German and Dutch authors used it to denote what we now call oblanceolate. In the illustration, a) depicts the current interpretation, b) Linnaeus’ and c) Lindley’s). Lance-shaped; long and narrow, diminishing to a…