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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…
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Lenticels
Corky eruptions on bark that allow gas exchange.
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Lenticellate
With lenticels.
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Lens
(On seed) lateral depression or bulge, mainly in Leguminosae/Fabaceae, most evident in subfamily Papilionoideae, an area of weakness, sometimes partially open, where water initially penetrates the otherwise impenetrable testa. The transparent, double convex (outward curve on both sides) structure suspended between the aqueous and vitreous; helps to focus light on the retina. The transparent body…
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Lemma
The outermost of two bracts enclosing the grass flower.
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Legume
The fruit pod of the Leguminosae/Fabaceae, derived from a single carpel, usually (though with many exceptions) opening along a suture into two halves, usually dry; Colloquial term used by botanists for any member of the Leguminosae/Fabaceae. Considering that life is essentially a “gathering in” of things we need for survival, it’s not surprising that nearly…
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Legitimate
(In nomenclature) name or epithet that is validly published and in accordance with the I.C.B.N.
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