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Laevigate
(Of a surface) smooth, as if polished.
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Laesura
The arm of a fissure or scar of a spore.
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Lacunate, lacunose
Perforated with holes [unusual terms].
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Lactiferous
Latex-bearing; the preferred spelling is laticiferous. Milk-producing, with milky sap. Producing, secreting or carrying milk. To a structure that produces and/or conveys milk, as the lactiferous ducts of the breast. Transporting or secreting milk, as the lactiferous ducts of the breast.
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Lacrymiform
Tear-shaped, i.e. ovoid with a narrowing apex [obscure term].
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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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