The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
lacistophyllus -a -um having torn leaves, lakistoj-fullon<br />
laconicus -a -um from Lakonía (Laconía), Peloponnese, S Greece<br />
lacrimans (lachrymans) weeping habit, causing tears, lacrimo, lacrimare, lacrimavi,<br />
lacrimatum<br />
lacryma-jobi Job’s-tears, lacrimae-jobi (the shape and colour of fruit)<br />
lacrymus -a -um drops, tears, lacrimo, lacrimare, lacrimavi, lacrimatum (gum-drop of<br />
sap or resin)<br />
Lactarius, lactarius -a -um Milky, lactans (the sap from damaged gills of milk-cap<br />
fungi)<br />
lactescens having lac, having sap that turns milky, lac-essentia<br />
lacteus -a -um, lact-, lacti- milk-coloured, milky-white, lacteus<br />
lacticolor milky or creamy coloured, lactis-color<br />
lactifer(us) -era -erum producing a milky juice, lac, lactis<br />
lactiflorus -a -um with milk-white flowers, lacteus-florum<br />
lactifluus -a -um flowing with milky sap, lactis-(fluo, fluere, fluxi, fluxum)<br />
Lactuca the Latin name, lactuca, lactucae (it has a milky sap, lac, lactis, giving the<br />
cognate lettuce)<br />
lactucellus -a -um somewhat Lactuca like, diminutive of Lactuca<br />
lacunarius -a -um growing in dykes and ditches, lacuna, lacunae<br />
lacunosus -a -um with gaps, furrows, pits or deep holes, lacuna, lacunae<br />
lacuster, lacustris -is -e of lakes or ponds (lacus lake)<br />
ladanifer -era -erum bearing ladanum, lhdanon (the resin called myrrh)<br />
Ladanum Lada, the Latin name, ladanum, for the resin of Cistus creticus<br />
ladanus -a -um gummy, sticky (glandular calyx of Galeopsis ladanum)<br />
ladysmithensis -is -e from the environs of Ladysmith, S Africa<br />
Laelia for Laelia, one of the Vestal Virgins<br />
laetans rejoicing, gladdening, present participle of laetor, laetari, laetatus<br />
laetevirens bright-green, laete-virens<br />
laeti-, laetis -is -e, laetus -a -um pleasing, vivid, bright, laetus<br />
laetificus -a -um joyful, laetificus<br />
laetiviolaceus -a -um bright-violet, laete-violaceus<br />
laevi-, laevis -is -e smooth, not rough, beardless, delicate, laevis (more correctly levis)<br />
laevicaulis -is -e smooth-stemmed, levis-caulis<br />
laevigatus -a -um polished, not rough, smooth, levis, laevo (see levigatus)<br />
laevipes smooth-stemmed, levis-pes<br />
laevirostris -is -e with a polished beak, levis-rostrum (the fruit)<br />
laevispermus -a -um smooth-seeded, botanical Latin from levis and sperma<br />
lag- hare’s-, lagoj, lagwj, lag-, lagolagaro-,<br />
lagaros- lanky-, long-, thin-, narrow-, lagaroj<br />
lagarocladus -a -um thin-branched, lagaro-kladoj<br />
Lagarosiphon Narrow-tube, lagaro-sifon (the corolla of the fruiting flowers)<br />
Lagarostrobus Narrow-coned-one, lagaro-strobiloj<br />
Lagascea (Lagasca), lagascae for M. Lagasca (1776–1839), Professor of Botany at<br />
Madrid<br />
lagen-, lagenae-, lageni- bottle-, lagena<br />
lagenaeflorus -a -um with flask-shaped flowers, lagena-florum<br />
Lagenaria Flask, lagenaria (the bottle-gourd fruit of Lagenaria siceraria)<br />
lagenarius -a -um with the appearance of a bottle or flask, lagena<br />
lagenicaulis -is -e with flask- or bottle-shaped stems, lagena-caulis<br />
lageniformis -is -e bottle-shaped, lagena-forma<br />
Lagenophora Flask-bearing, lagena-fero (Gourd trees)<br />
Lagerstroemia for Magnus von Lagerström of Göteborg (1696–1759), friend of<br />
Linnaeus<br />
Lagetta, lagetto Jamaican vernacular name for the tree and the lace-bark that it<br />
provides<br />
lago- hare-, lagwj, lagwoj<br />
lagodechianus -a -um from Lagodechi (Lagodekhi), Caucasus<br />
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