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lut-, lute, lute-, luti Latin mud; mud-colored, yellowish, referring to the color yellow (esp. light yellow)<br />

luteo-albus -a -um lu'teoal'bus (loo-tee-oh-AL-bus) yellowish-white.<br />

luteo-fuscus brownish-yellow.<br />

luteolus -a -um luteo'lus (loo-tee-OH-lus) yellowish, yellowy, pale yellow<br />

luteovenosus <strong>with</strong> yellow veins<br />

lutescens lutescens, pale yellow, becoming yellow.<br />

lutetianus -a -um Parisian, from Paris, from the ancient Roman name for Paris, Lutetia, or Lutetia<br />

Parisiorum, from Latin Lutētia, an ancient city on the site of Paris.<br />

luteus -a -um lu'teus (LOO-tee-us) yellow, a distinct yellow, a full yellow; pale yellow, from Latin adjective<br />

luteus -a -um, yellow; saffron; of mud or clay; good for nothing.<br />

lutosus clay-yellow.<br />

lutr, lutro Greek a bath, bathing<br />

lutr, lutra Latin an otter<br />

lux, -lux Latin light<br />

luxa, luxat Latin displace, dislocate<br />

luxur, luxuri Latin extravagance, splen-dor<br />

luxurians luxuriant, luxurious, exuberant in growth; thrifty(?)<br />

luzonicus, luzoniensis from the island of Luzon, Phillipines.<br />

Luzula Lu'zula (LUZ-yoo-la) (formerly Juncoides) from Gramen Luzulae, or luxulae, diminutive of lux, light, a<br />

pre-Linnean name for one of the wood rushes, also New Latin, from Italian luzziola, lucciola, to shine or sparkle,<br />

(in erba luzziola, erba lucciola Adder's-Tongue); alternately Italian lucciola, a glow-worm, in reference to the<br />

sparkling dew on the species flowers, or in reference to the shining inflorescence in some species. Several species<br />

are shiny when covered in dew. (Juncaceae)<br />

luzuloides<br />

ly, lyo Greek loose<br />

lyallii for David Lyall (1817-1895), Scottish naval surgen and naturalist who collected plants in New<br />

Zealand.<br />

lyc-, lyco, lycus Greek wolf, referring to a wolf<br />

Lycius Ly'cius (LIE-see-us)<br />

lychn-, lychnis Greek a kind of plant<br />

lychn-, lychno, lychnus Greek a lamp<br />

lychnideus campion-like, Lynchis.<br />

lychnidifolius lychnis-leaved<br />

Lychnis New Latin, from Latin, a red flower, from Greek; alternately Greek λυχνος, lykhnos, lamp, in<br />

reference to some cottony species having been used for lamp wicks, akin to leukos bright, white.<br />

(Caryophyllaceae)<br />

lychnitis white flowered Mullien, Verbascum lichnitis.<br />

lychnoides resembling Campion, Lychnis.<br />

lycioides resembling Box-thorn or Prickly Box, Lycium.<br />

Lycium New Latin, from Greek lykion, a thorn from Lycia, from neuter of Lykios Lycian, from Lycia, ancient<br />

district in Asia Minor<br />

lycoctonus wolf-killing.<br />

Lycoperdon wolf fart, from modern Latin, irregular from Greek λύκος, lykos, wolf, and πέρδεσθαι,<br />

perdesthai, to break wind: which the OED says is a rendering of the English name wolf's fist.<br />

Lycopersicum, Lycopersicon Lycoper'sicon (lie-ko-PER-si-kon) wolf-peach the tomato. New Latin, irregular<br />

from Greek lykopersion, an Egyptian plant. The derivation is due to the fact that the fruit was until recently<br />

considered poisonous.<br />

lycopifolius <strong>with</strong> leaves like Water-Horehound, Lycopus.<br />

Lycopodiaceae Lycopodia'ceae (ly-ko-pode-ee-AY-see-ee), plants of the Club Moss family, from the genus<br />

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

Lycopodiella from Lycopodium, a genus name, and -ella, Latin feminine diminutive suffix.<br />

lycopodioides lycopodium-like, clubmoss-like<br />

Lycopodium New Latin, from lyc-, and -podium, or Greek lykos, wolf, and pous, podes, foot; in reference to<br />

the resemblance of the branch tips to a wolf's paw.<br />

Lycopus New Latin, from lyc-, and -pus<br />

lycos Greek a kind of spider

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