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lirellate marked <strong>with</strong> small furrows, and -ella, Latin feminine diminutive suffix.<br />

liri, liri-, -liri(...), lirio, lirium, -lirium Greek a lily, referring to a lily<br />

Liriodendron (li-ree-o-DEN-dron) Lily tree, from the Greek λειρίον, leirion, a lily, and δένδρον, dendron,<br />

tree. ( )<br />

Liriope from Greek mythology, a nymph who was the mother of Narcissus<br />

liro Greek pale; bold<br />

liss, lissa, lisso- Greek smooth<br />

lissospermus, lissospermum <strong>with</strong> or having smooth seeds.<br />

Listera Lis'tera (LIS-ter-a) for Martin Lister (1638–1711), noted English physician and naturalist.<br />

listr, listrio, listro, listrum Greek a spade<br />

listrostachys, listrostachyus <strong>with</strong> a colory spike.<br />

-lite Greek a stone<br />

litera Latin a letter<br />

literatus <strong>with</strong> markings like drawing or writing, also blurred.<br />

lith-, lithio, litho, lithus, -lithus Greek a stone, referring to a stone<br />

Lithocarpus Lithocar'pus (lith-oh-KAR-pus) Greek lithos, stone, and karpos, fruit, referring to the hard fruit wall<br />

lithophilus stone-loving, growing on rocks or in stony places.<br />

Lithophrag'ma Lithophrag'ma (lith-oh-FRAG-ma)<br />

lithophyte plants growing on stone as some lichens.<br />

lithospermifolius <strong>with</strong> leaves like Gromwell, Lithospermum.<br />

Lithospermum, lithospermus -a -um stone seed, New Latin from Linnaeus, from Greek λιθόσπερµον,<br />

lithospermon, gromwell, or stonecrop, from λίθος, lithos, stone, and σπέρµα, sperma, seed. (Boraginaceae)<br />

lithotripticus reputed to cure bladder-stones.<br />

lithuanicus from Litauen, germany.<br />

litig-, litigi- Latin a dispute<br />

litigiosus full of disputes.<br />

liter, litera, litere, literi Latin the seashore<br />

litr, litra Greek a pound<br />

lito Greek smooth<br />

litoreus found on the seashore, from lītor-, lītus, often written littus, shore.<br />

Litterae humaniores literally more humane letters, the first two years of Classics study at Oxford.<br />

littor, littora, littore, littori Latin the seashore, from lītor-, lītus, often written littus, shore.<br />

littoralis, litoralis littora'lis (lit-or-AY-lis) of or pertaining to the seashore, found on the seashore, from Latin<br />

littorālis, better lītorālis, from lītor-, lītus, often written littus, shore.<br />

Litsea from Litsé, the Chinese name for the plant<br />

litu, lituus, -littuus Latin a crook, augur's staff<br />

lituiflorus trumpet-flowered, bearing trumpet-loke flowers, from lituus, a curved trumpet.<br />

litur Latin erase<br />

lituratus having patches, from abrasion of the surface, from Latin litūrāt-, ppl. stem of litūrāre, from litūra<br />

an erasure, from lit-, participle stem of linĕre to blot out.<br />

liv, live, livid Latin ashen, bluish<br />

lividus, livida livid, bluish, leaden blue-gray.<br />

Livistona for Patrick Murray, Baron of Livingstone (d. 1671), whose collections formed the nucleus of the<br />

Edinburgh Botanic Garden<br />

livonicus from Livonia or Livland, in Russia.<br />

lixivi Latin ash-colored; lye<br />

lizei for the nursery of Lizé Frères, Nantes, France<br />

Loasaceae Loasa'ceae (loe-AY-sa-see-ee) plants of the Chili Nettle family, from the genus name, Loasa, and -<br />

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

lob-, lobi-, lobo-, lobus, -lobus Greek a lobe, referring to lobes, as a suffix it usually refers to a fruit<br />

lobat- N Latin lobed<br />

lobatus -us -um loba'tus (lo-BAY-tus) lobed, divided into or bearing lobes.<br />

lobelioides lobelia-like, resembling Lobelia.<br />

Lobelia Lobel'ia (lo-BEEL-ee-a) (lo-BEL-ee-a) New Latin, from Matthias de Lobel (or de l’Obel, or von<br />

Lobel) (1538-1616 Flemish botanist and New Latin –ia.<br />

lobocarpus lobed-fruited, having lobe-like fruit.

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