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Lhotzkya (Lotskya) for Dr. John Lotzky (1739-1843), Austrian botanist and traveller.<br />

liaotungensis from the Liaotung peninsula, S. China.<br />

Liatris (Formerly Lacinaria) (lee-AHT-ris) New Latin, derivation obscure, unknown. Possibly λεια, leia,<br />

booty, or λειος, leios, smooth or bald, the reference unclear. Or perhaps the color of some species is<br />

reminescent of the color of a liatico, a red Tuscan wine, imagine Linnaeus in his study, considering this<br />

purplish New World composite over a glass of red wine. From Alphonso Wood, A Class-book of Botany,<br />

1851, from Greek λι, li, an emphatic prefix, and ατρως, atros, invulnerable, in reference to the plants use as a<br />

vulnerary. Litrisa and Trilisa are anagrams of Liatris. (Compositae)<br />

liban-, libani, libano, libanus Greek incense, from Latin libanus, from Greek λίβανος, libanos.<br />

libanensis from Mount Liban in Cuba.<br />

libanensis -is -e from Mount Lebanon, Syria.<br />

libani-, libanoticus -a -um, libanotis -is -e of Libania, Lebanese, or of Lebanon; from Mount Lebanon, as in<br />

Cedrus libania, Cedar of Lebanon<br />

libani from the lands of the Libani, from Lebanon, Lebanese.<br />

libaniticus -a -um from Libanus Mountain in Syria.<br />

libanotis -is -e from Mount Lebanon or of incense, strongly scented, from Greek λιβανωτος, libanotos.<br />

libat Latin pour<br />

libell-, libella Latin a level<br />

libel-, libellus Latin a book, pamphlet<br />

liber unrestricted, undisturbed, from liber, liberi.<br />

liber Latin free; the inner bark; a book; a child<br />

liber, libera, liberum free, having no cohesion <strong>with</strong> adjoining parts.<br />

libera, liberai, libera-t Latin free<br />

liberi Latin a child<br />

libericus -a -um from Liberia, west Africa.<br />

liberoligneous composed of bast and wood elements.<br />

Libertia for Marie A. Libert (1782–1863), Belgian botanist and student of liverwursts?? The dangers of auto<br />

correction.<br />

libid Latin desire, passion<br />

libo- Greek tears<br />

libocedri liboced'ri (lie-boh-KED-ree, casually lie-boh-SED-ree)<br />

libra, -libra Latin a balance, scales<br />

librar, librari Latin of books<br />

libri Latin a book; the inner bark<br />

liburnicus -a -um, liburnus of Liburnia, Liburnian, along the NE Adriatic, Croatia, formerly part of Illyria,<br />

Dalmatia, of the Croatian coast, from Liburnicus, of Liburnia.<br />

licha Greek the space between the thumb and first finger; a steep cliff<br />

lichan Greek licking; the forefinger<br />

Licaria from a local name in French Guiana<br />

lichen, -lichen, licheni, licheno Greek a lichen<br />

lichenoides resembling a lichen.<br />

lichenosus lichen-like, irregularly lobed.<br />

lichiangensis from the area around Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China<br />

lichn-, lichno Greek dainty; greedy<br />

lien, -lien, lieni, lieno Latin the spleen<br />

liga, ligam, ligat Latin bound, tied; a band<br />

ligagriá from Greek λιγαγριά, chaste tree.<br />

ligamen, ligaminis n. Latin noun, a bandage; string, fastening, tie; nerve or ligament.<br />

ligamentum, ligamenti n. Latin noun, a bandage.<br />

ligator, ligatoris m. Latin noun, a bookbinder<br />

ligatura, ligaturae f. Latin noun bookbinding.<br />

ligatus bound together, jointed.<br />

ligericus -a -um New Latin from the river Loir in France, from Latin Liger, Ligeris m., the Liger; the Loire, a<br />

river in western Gaul.<br />

lign-, ligne-, ligni-, lignum Latin wood<br />

lignescens turning woody.

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