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Leersia New Latin, from Johann Daniel Leers (1727-1774), German botanist and pharmacist and New Latin<br />

–ia. (Gramineae)<br />

leg, lega, legi Latin law<br />

leg-, lego, legous, -legous Greek: lie down; choose; Latin: collect<br />

legib Late Latin read<br />

legionensis from the Spanish province Leon.<br />

legitim Latin lawful<br />

legitimus fertilized by its own pollen.<br />

lego Greek lie down; choose<br />

legum, legumen, legumin Latin a legume<br />

legume seed vessels of Leguminosae, one cell and two valved.<br />

Leguminosae plants bearing seed vessels <strong>with</strong> one cell and two valves but of various forms.<br />

legus, -legus Greek: lie down; choose; Latin: collect<br />

lei, leia-, leio Greek smooth<br />

leianthus smooth-flowered, bearing smooth flowers, from leio, smooth, and ανθος, anthos, flower.<br />

leibergii honoring John Bernhard Leiberg, (1853-1913), Swiss born botanical explorer, forester, bryologist,<br />

and author of several books, including Contributions to the Flora of Idaho and Minnesota. At least 9 plant<br />

species are named in his honor.<br />

Leibnitzia for G. W. Leibnitz (1646–1716), philosopher, political advisor, mathematician, and scientist<br />

leich, leicho Greek lick, lap<br />

leima, leimac, leimax Greek a slug; a garden, from Greek λεῖµαξ, leimax, λεῖµᾰκος, leimakos, a meadow or<br />

garden.<br />

leimax from Greek λεῖµαξ, leimax, λεῖµᾰκος, leimakos, a meadow or garden.<br />

leio Greek smooth; the left-hand side (?possibly confused <strong>with</strong> a root of Latin laevus, left?); from the<br />

combining form of Greek λεῖος, smooth, as in Latin laevis.<br />

leiocarpus <strong>with</strong> smooth fruits.<br />

leiocladus <strong>with</strong> smooth twigs.<br />

leiogonus <strong>with</strong> smooth edges.<br />

leiogynus <strong>with</strong> smooth pistil.<br />

leioneurus having smooth veins or nerves.<br />

leiophyllus having smooth leaves.<br />

leiopterus <strong>with</strong> smooth wings.<br />

leiospermus -a -um smooth-seeded from Greek leios, smooth, and σπερµα, sperma, seed.<br />

leiostachys, leiostachyus <strong>with</strong> smooth spikes (flower spikes).<br />

leip, leipo Greek leave; lack<br />

leir, liero Greek pale<br />

leist-, leisto Greek plundering<br />

Leitneria named for Dr. Edward Frederi Leitner? 1812-1838??, German physician, naturalist, and explorer of<br />

southern Florida<br />

lem, lemi, lemo Greek a pestilence, plague<br />

lemma, -lemma, lemmato Greek a husk, peel, sheath<br />

lemna, -lemna Greek a water plant<br />

lemmonii lem'monii (LEM-on-ee-eye)<br />

Lemna Lem'na (LEM-na) New Latin, from Greek name for star-grass, Callitriche verna, a water plant.<br />

Lemnaceae Lemna'ceae (lem-NAY-see-ee) plants of the Duck-weed family, from the genus name, Lemna, and -<br />

aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names.<br />

lemnaceus resembling Duck-weed.<br />

lemnisc-, lemniscus Latin a ribbon<br />

leminiscatus bow-shaped, ribbon-shaped.<br />

lemo Greek the throat; a plague<br />

lemoinei for Victor Lemoine (1823-1911), and his son Emile (1862-1942), French nurserymen<br />

λειµὼν Greek, a meadow<br />

lemon, lemoni Latin a meadow<br />

lemóni from Greek λεµόνι, lemon.<br />

lemonóchorto from Greek λεµονόχορτο, lemon grass.<br />

lemur Latin a ghost, spirit

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