The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
latopinna with broad pinnae, latus-pinna<br />
latus -a -um wide, broad, latus<br />
lauchianus -a -um for Wilhelm Georg Lauche (1827–83), German gardener<br />
laudatus -a -um praised, lauded, excellent, laudo, laudare, laudavi, laudatum<br />
Laurelia Laurus-like, resembling the bay-tree<br />
Laurentia for M. A. Laurenti, seventeenth-century Italian botanist<br />
laureolus -a -um Italian name, diminutive of laurea, for Daphne laureola, from its<br />
resemblance and its use in garlands<br />
lauri- laurel-, Laurus-likelauricatus<br />
-a -um wreathed, resembling laurel or bays, laurus<br />
laurifolius -a -um laurel-leaved, Laurus-folium<br />
laurinus -a -um of laurel, laurel-like, laurus<br />
laurisylvaticus -a -um woodland or wild laurel, laurus-(silva, silvae)<br />
laurocerasi of cherry-laurels, Prunus laurocerasus (ground layer habitat under<br />
broad-leaves)<br />
laurocerasus laurel-cherry, laurus-cerasus (cherry-laurel)<br />
Laurus the Latin name, laurus, for laurel or bay (Celtic, laur, green) (Lauraceae)<br />
Laurustinus Laurel-like-Tinus<br />
lautus -a -um washed, elegant, neat, fine, lavo, lavare, lavi, lautum<br />
Lavandula To-wash, a diminutive from lavo, lavare, lavi, lautum (its use in the<br />
cleansing process)<br />
lavandulaceus -a -um resembling Lavandula<br />
lavandulae- lavender-, Lavandulalavandulifolius<br />
-a -um with leaves resembling Lavandula<br />
Lavatera for the brothers Lavater, eighteenth-century Swiss naturalists<br />
lavateroides Lavatera-like, Lavatera-oides<br />
lavatus -a -um washed, lavo, lavare, lavi, lautum<br />
lawrenceanus -a -um, lawrenci for Sir Trevor Lawrence (1831–1913), orchid grower<br />
and President of the Royal Horticultural Society 1885–1913<br />
Lawsonia for Dr Isaac Lawson, eighteenth-century Scottish botanical traveller<br />
(henna plant, Lawsonia inermis)<br />
lawsonianus -a -um for P. Lawson (d. 1820), Edinburgh nurseryman<br />
laxi- open, loose, not crowded, spreading, distant, lax, laxus, laxilaxicaulis<br />
-is -e loose-stemmed, not having rigid stems, laxus-caulis<br />
laxiflorus -a -um loosely flowered; wide-flowered, laxus-florum<br />
laxifolius -a -um loosely leaved, with open foliage, laxus-folium<br />
laxissimus -a -um the most loose or spreading, superlative of laxus<br />
laxiusculus -a -um somewhat weak , drooping or loose, diminutive suffix on laxus<br />
laxus -a -um open, loose, not crowded, spreading, distant, lax, from laxo, laxare,<br />
laxavi, laxatum, to loosen<br />
Layia for George Tradescant Lay (1799–1845), naturalist with Beechey (tidy tips,<br />
the ligulate florets)<br />
lazicus -a -um from the Black Sea area of NE Turkey (Lazistan)<br />
lazulinus -a -um ultramarine, diminutive of lazulum (blackish-blue to violet-blue<br />
but not so intense as lapis-lazuli)<br />
lebbek an Arabian vernacular name for Albizzia lebbek<br />
lebomboensis -is -e from the Lebombo Mountains (Big-nose mountains),<br />
Swaziland/Mozambique, SE Africa<br />
lecano- basin-, dish-, lhkanh, lhkano-<br />
Lecanodiscus Basin-disc, lhkano-diskoj (the concave floral disc)<br />
lecontianua -a -um, lecontei for Dr John Lawrence le Conte (1825–83), who found<br />
Ferocactus leconei in Arizona<br />
Lecythis Oil-jar, lhkuqoj (the shape of the leathery fruit from which the lid falls<br />
when mature) (Lecythidaceae)<br />
ledanon, ledanus -a -um, ledo-, ledi- gum; gummy, sticky, ledanon<br />
Ledebouria for Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785–1851), student of the Russian<br />
flora<br />
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