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Lobulate
With small lobes.
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Lobed
Divided into lobes; A rounded margin split in two or more sub-divisions. Indented about one-fourth to almost half way to the midrib or base of the blade. A leaf that is divided but not compound, the divisions are connected to one another along the leaf axis. The free, top part of a flower with fused…
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Loam
Soil composed of sand and clay in roughly equal proportions, often with organic matter. Soil of light texture, with a low clay content and roughly equal proportions of silt and sand (defined as the medium and large particle sizes of mineral soil), usually with a good humus content as well. Loams are valued as garden…
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Lithophytic
(Of a species or plant) growing on rock. Growing on the naked surfaces of rocks and deriving nourishment from any litter they can accumulate around their roots. Growing on the naked surfaces of rocks and deriving nourishment from any litter they can accumulate around their roots—contrasted with epiphytic, which means growing perched on other plants.…
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Lithophyte
Plant growing on rock.
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Lip
One of the two divisions of a gamosepalous calyx or a zygomorphic corolla that is divided into an upper (posterior) and lower (anterior) portion; (In orchids) labellum or lowest petal, usually larger and different in shape from the two lateral ones. Either of the two fleshy, full-blooded margins of the mouth. The principal lobes of…
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Lingulate
Tongue-shaped.
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Linguiform
Tongue-shaped.
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Lineolate
Marked with fine or thin lines.
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Lineate
Marked with thin parallel lines.
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