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laurocerasus, lauro-cerasus cherry laurel, the common laurel, from laurus, laurel, and cerasus, cherry, the<br />

specific epithet of the Cherry laurel, of the genus Prunus, classical Latin for the plum<br />

laurinus laurel-like<br />

laut- Latin washed, elegant, noble<br />

lava-, lavat- Latin wash, bathe<br />

lavalleei for Pierre Lavale (1836-1884), French botanist<br />

Lavandula from Latin lavare, to wash<br />

lavandulaceus, lavandulacea lavender-like, referring to the genus Lavandula, from Medieval Latin<br />

lavandula, lavendula, livendula marjoram, lavender, perhaps irregular from Latin lividus livid, from livere to<br />

be blue, also similar to lavatio, -onis f. washing, bathing; bathing apparatus.<br />

lavandulifolius <strong>with</strong> leaves like Lavandula, lavender<br />

Lavatera Lavater'a (la-va-TEER-a) in honor of the two Lavaters, physicians of Zurich. (Malvaceae)<br />

lavateroides lavatera-like(?, probably) resembling lavender (? typo) Lavatera is a genus in the Malvaceae,<br />

Modern Latin from the name of the brothers Lavater, 17th- and 18th-c. Swiss physicians and naturalists.<br />

Lavendelwolke German cv. lavender cloud<br />

lawsonianus for Charles Lawson (1794-1873), Scottish botanical author and nurseryman, who raised<br />

Lawson’s cypress from seed<br />

lax, laxa, laxi Latin loose, loosen<br />

lax purslane, from Dacian.<br />

laxan laxative.<br />

laxe loosely<br />

laxiculmis Latin laxus, wide, loose, spacious and culmis, a stem of grain, for the weak culms<br />

laxiflorus <strong>with</strong> loose, limp flowers, from Latin laxus, wide, loose, spacious and flos, flower<br />

laxifolius loosely or sparsely-leaved, <strong>with</strong> loosely spread leaves.<br />

laxitextus loosely webbed.<br />

laxus -a -um la'xus (LAK-sus) loose, open, not dense, limp, flabby, from Latin laxus, loose; botanically having<br />

parts that are distant from each other, <strong>with</strong> an open arrangement such as a panicle.<br />

layneae layne'ae (LANE-ee-ee)<br />

Layia Lay'ia (LAY-ee-a) for George Tradescant Lay, a naturalist on Beechey’s voyage (1825–1828).<br />

lazicus <strong>with</strong> leaves like the aromatic shrub Ledum; from Lazistan, a district in Asia Minor.<br />

lazul Late Latin azure, blue<br />

le phare French cv. lighthouse<br />

Leavenworthia, leavenworthii for Dr. Melines Conklin Leavenworth (1796-1862), U.S. Army surgeon,<br />

explorer, and amatuer botanist who collected in the se USA, discovered Carex leavenworthii, and discovered<br />

the genus that Torrey named Leavenworthia. (Cruciferae)<br />

lebánta from Greek λεβάντα, lebanta, lavender.<br />

leberi, leberid, leberius Greek a snakeskin<br />

lebistiko from Greek λεβιστικο, lovage.<br />

lecan, lecana Greek a dish, paln<br />

lech, lecho Greek a lying-in woman; a bed<br />

Lechea (LEK-e-a) New Latin, from Johan Leche died 1764 Swedish botanist. (Cistaceae)<br />

lechri-, lechrio Greek slanting, oblique<br />

leci-, lecid, lecias Greek a little plate<br />

lecith-, lecitho Greek the yolk of an egg<br />

lecontei lecon'tei (leh-KON-tee-eye)<br />

lecotropal shaped like a horse-shoe.<br />

lect- Greek: chosen, picked; Latin: a bed; a gathering<br />

lect-, lecticul-, lectul- Latin a couch, bed<br />

lectulus lec'tulus (LEK-tew-lus)<br />

lecyth-, lecytho Greek an oil flask<br />

Lecythidaceae plants of the Monkey-pot-tree family, from the genus name, Lecythis, and -aceae, the standardized<br />

Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

ledifolius -a -um ledifo'lius (led-i-FO-lee-us) <strong>with</strong> leaves like March Rosemary, Ledum, ledum-leaved in the<br />

Ericaceae.<br />

Ledum (LAY-dum) from the Greek ledon, name for Cistus, rockrose.

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