Category: L
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Lacinula
Tiny lobe.
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Laciniate
Cut into slender lobes or drawn-out teeth. Slashed into narrow pointed segments. Slashed into deep narrow lobes. Dissected into slender lobes or elongate teeth.
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Labium
The lip of a labiate corolla; (In Isoetes) a flap of tissue on the inner surface of the leaves above the sporangium, often covering the base of the ligule. A fleshy border or edge. Any of the four fleshy folds which surround the female genital organs. A structure which looks like a lip. Labia, liplike…
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Labiate
With lips, i.e. when a calyx or corolla is divided into two major parts, an upper and a lower. Refers to the mint family’s (Labiatae) “lipped” petals. The tubular corolla is divided into two irregular parts, commonly with two lobes in the upper lip and three lobes in the lower lip. It refers to a…
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Labellum
The lowest petal of an orchid, usually larger and different in shape from the two lateral petals; The larger of the three petaloid stamens in the flowers of Cannaceae. Lip, the lowest and usually largest petal in Orchidaceae or the largest of the three petaloid stamens in Cannaceae. The lip of an Orchid flower. The…
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Labelliform
Lip-shaped.
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Label (radioactive)
A piece of paper glued to a herbarium sheet, on which are written or printed details of the collector and place and date of collection, and a description of the dried plant in its original state; sometimes local names and uses are included. A display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container…
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Laxative
Promotes evacuation of the bowels. An agent that acts to promote evacuation of the bowel; a cathartic or purgative. Or aperient, a substance that helps the expulsion of food residues from the body. If strongly laxative it is termed purgative or cathartic. Dietary fibre and cellulose function because they retain water and add bulk to…
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Latex
Sticky white or yellow juice released when plant part is broken, e.g. Dandelion leaf (Taraxacum officinale). Milky juice, often sticky. A colorless, white, yellow, or reddish liquid, produced by some plants, characterized by the presence of colloidal particles of terpenes dispersed in water. Milky fluid found in various plants and trees. Sap produced or exuded…
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Lung
The Chinese word for Lung is Fei. The Lung is one of the five Zang Fu. The Lung system is responsible for inhaling “good Qi” and exhaling “waste Qi.” It is said to “dominate descending and dispersing,” which means that the Lung is involved with the dispersing of fluids evenly throughout the body. The Lung…