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len, lenus, lent Latin a lentil, bean<br />

lendigerus bearing kernels.<br />

leni, lenien Latin soft, mild<br />

leniter gently, moderately<br />

lenitivus smooth, healing.<br />

leno Greek wool lent Latin thick, sticky, slow<br />

Lennoaceae Lennoa'ceae (len-oh-AY-see-ee), plants of the Sand Food family, from the genus name, Lennoa, and<br />

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

Lens New Latin, from Latin, lentil (plant); from its shape, similar to Latin lenticula, diminutive of lent-, lens;<br />

akin to Greek lathyros chickling, lathyris caper spurge<br />

lenta LEN-ta; lenta tough but flexible<br />

lentago flexible, pliant, tough but flexible, lasting, from the Latin adjective lentus -a -um, <strong>with</strong> the feminine<br />

suffix, a name used by Linnaeus.<br />

lente slowly, calmly, coolly, deliberately<br />

lenti Latin a lentil, bean<br />

lenti- referring to a lens<br />

Lentibulariaceae Lentibularia'ceae (len-tib-yu-lare-ee-AY-see-ee) plants of the Lentibulbaria family (mostly<br />

tropical herbs).<br />

lenticularis lentile-like, lenticular, lens-shaped, like a double convex lens.<br />

lentiformis -is -e lentifor'mis (len-ti-FORM-is) lentile-like, lenticular, lens-shaped, like a double convex lens,<br />

usually a reference to the fruits.<br />

lentig-, lentiginos Latin freckled<br />

lentignosus -a -um lentigino'sus (len-tij-in-OH-sus) freckled, full of freckles.<br />

lentiscifolius lentiscus-leaved, <strong>with</strong> leaves like the common Mastich-tree, Pistacia lentiscus.<br />

lento, lentare to bend.<br />

lentus -a -um plaint, tenacious, tough, torpid, sluggish, viscous.<br />

leo, leon-, leoni-, leont- Latin and Greek a lion, referring to a lion<br />

leochromus the color of a lion.<br />

leonardii<br />

leonensis like a lion; from Sierra Leone.<br />

leoninus lion colored, yellow; or pertaining to a lion.<br />

leontinus from Lienz in Tiroly (the Tyrol, part of Austria and nothern Italy, including Innsbruck and Trento).<br />

leontocaron see also melosmon, neptunia> hulwort.<br />

Leontodon lion's tooth, from New Latin, from Greek λέων, leōn, lion, and ὀδούς, odous, a tooth, for the<br />

deeply toothed leaves. (Compositae)<br />

Leonotis lion's ear<br />

leontoglossus lion-tongued or –throated, fro , and γλωσσος, glôssos, tongue.<br />

Leontopodium lion's foot, the Edelweiss<br />

leontopodioides resembling Edelweiss, Leontopodium.<br />

leontos spermon leontopodium.<br />

leonuroides resembling Mother-wort, Leonurus.<br />

Leonurus like a lion's tail, from New Latin, from Greek leōn lion and New Latin -urus, from Greek oura, tail.<br />

leonus lion colored, yellow; or pertaining to a lion.<br />

leopardinus <strong>with</strong> leopard-like spots.<br />

leopoldii leopold'ii (lee-oh-POLD-ee-eye)<br />

lep-, -lep(...) referring to a scale or scales<br />

lepa-, lepad-, lepas Greek a shellfish, limpet<br />

Lepachys a name from Rafinesque for what became Ratibida. (Compositae)<br />

Lepanthopsis from Greek λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-, scale, and anthos, flower, referring to small, scalelike<br />

flowers, and ancient Greek ὄψις, opsis, appearance, resembling, sight, view.<br />

lepanthus bearing scaly flowers (the glumes of grasses), from , and ανθος, anthos, flower.<br />

Lepechinia Lepechin'ia (leh-pe-CHIN-ee-a)<br />

lepi-, lepido-, lepias, lepisma Greek a scale<br />

Lepidium Lepid'ium (leh-PID-ee-um) New Latin, little scale, from Latin name for a plant, dittander, pepperwort,<br />

from Greek lepidion, diminutive of lepid-, lepis scale, flake, small plate, capsule, a reference to the resemblance of<br />

the silicle, also a name for Syrian plant, pepperwort, Lepidium latifolium. (Cruciferae)

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