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Leucorchis white orchid, from Greek λευκ-ορχις.<br />

leucorhizus, leucorrhizus -a -um <strong>with</strong> white roots, λευκο-ριζα, from and, ῥίζα, rhiza, root.<br />

leucorhodus <strong>with</strong> flowers like the white rose.<br />

Leucosceptrum white-staff, λευκο-σκηπτρον, for the hairy inflorescence.<br />

leucosiphus, leucosiphon having white tubes, or a white corolla, λευκο-σιφον.<br />

leusosorius <strong>with</strong> white seed capsules or carpels.<br />

leucospermus, Leucospermum <strong>with</strong> white seeds, λευκο-σπερµα, for the smooth, glossy seeds.<br />

leucostachys, leucostachyus -a -um leucosta'chys (lew-ko-STAY-kis) white-spiked, or white panicled, from<br />

λευκο-σταχυς<br />

leucostelis -is -e white pillared, from λευκο-στηλη, for the columnar stems.<br />

leucostipes having a white stalk.<br />

leucostomus <strong>with</strong> a white throat.<br />

leucothecus leucothe'cus (lew-ko-THEE-kus)<br />

Leucothoe an ancient Greek name, Leucothoe was the daughter of King Orchanus of Babylon and loved by<br />

Apollo.<br />

leucotrichophorus -a -um bearing white hairs, from λευκο-(θριξ, τριχος)-φορος.<br />

leucotrichus -a -um, leucotriche white-haired, from λευκο-(θριξ, τριχος).<br />

leucothrix having white hairs.<br />

leucotomus having white dots.<br />

leucoxanthus whitish-yellow<br />

leucoxylem, leucoxylus, leucoxylon having white wood, λευκο-ξυλον.<br />

leucurus <strong>with</strong> a white tail, or a white tail-like appendage.<br />

leucozomus <strong>with</strong> white sauce Apicius.<br />

leuisticum lovage, a medicinal plant.<br />

leuk, leuko Greek white<br />

leur, leuro Greek smooth, even<br />

Leuzea, leutzeanus -a -um for J. P. F. de Leuze (1753-1826), French botanist, traveller, and friend of de<br />

Candolle.<br />

leva Latin raise, lift up<br />

levantinus -a -um from the Levant, the Mediteranean coastal regions from Greece to Egypt.<br />

levator Latin a lifter<br />

leveillei for A. A. Hector Léveillé (1863-1918), of Le Mans, France.<br />

levi Latin smooth; light<br />

leviculus -a -um rather vain, from leviculus.<br />

levigat- Latin polished<br />

levigatus -a -um, laevigatus -a -um smooth, slippery, polished, from levigo, levigare, levigati, levigatum.<br />

levipes having smooth stalks, from levis-pes.<br />

levis -is -e smooth, even, as in not rough, from levis. Since Linnaeus’ time, this has been spelled as laevis.<br />

Levisticum reliever, levo, the Latin equivalent of Dioscorides’ Greek name λιγυστιχος<br />

leviter lightly, not heavily<br />

levo Latin the left-hand side<br />

Lewisia, lewisianus -a -um, lewisii Lewis'ia (loo-IS-ee-a) lewis'ii (loo-IS-ee-eye) for Captain Meriwether Lewis<br />

(1774-1809), American explorer, member of the trans-American expedition, tutored in natural history by Benjamin<br />

Smith Barton of the University of Pennsylvania. Bitter roots.<br />

Lex Salica Salic Law, known for its refusal to allow women to inherit estates, from the Salian Franks<br />

lexi Greek cessation; a word, speech<br />

lexiua, -ae f. lixivvm eye wash.<br />

leyanus -a -um for Reverand Augustin Ley (1842-1911), Gloucestershire cleric and botanist.<br />

leylandii from C.J. Leyland (19 th century owner of Haggerston Hall, Northumberland, UK, where<br />

Cupressocyparis leylandii, a popular hybrid hedging conifer was developed.<br />

Leycesteria for William Leycester (1755-1831), judge and horticulturalist in Bengal.<br />

Leymus Ley'mus (LAY-mus, or LEE-mus) an anagram of Elymus.<br />

leysianus -a -um for Dr. P. Leys of Labuan c. 1879.<br />

Leysseri<br />

lhasicus -a -um from Lhasa, Tibet.<br />

lheritieranus -a -um for Charles Louis ĽHeritier de Brutelle (1746-1800.

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