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lycotonum wolf-poison, from lykos, wolf, and ktonos, murder<br />

lydius from Lydia in Asia Minor<br />

Lyellia For Sir Charles Lyell (1767-1849<br />

lygae Greek gloomy<br />

lygagriá from Greek λυγαγριά, lygagria, chaste tree.<br />

lygi Greek twilight; bend<br />

lygi, lygism Greek bend; bending<br />

lygm- Greek hiccough<br />

lygo- Greek a twig, a pliant rod, from λύγος, lygos.<br />

Lygodesmia from Greek λύγος, lygos, wand, twig, or stick, and δεσµός, desmos, a bond or bundle, referring<br />

to the clumped, stick-like stems <strong>with</strong> reduced leaves (or slender habit). (Compositae)<br />

Lygodium Greek lygodes, flexible, in reference to the twining rachis<br />

lýgos from Greek λύγος, lygos, chaste tree.<br />

lygr, lygro Greek cowardly; mournful<br />

lyma, -lyma Greek destruction; filth<br />

lymph, lympha, lympho Latin water; a water nymph<br />

lymphat, lymphati, lymphato Latin frantic; lymph<br />

lyn, lync, lynux Greek a lynx; hiccough<br />

lyngbyei<br />

lyo Greek loose<br />

lyonii ly'onii (LIE-on-ee-eye) for John Lyon (1765-1814), Scottish gardener and botanist who collected plants in<br />

North America.<br />

Lyonothamnus Lyonotham'nus (lie-on-o-THAM-nus)<br />

lyp-, lype, lypero, lypo Greek pain, distress; painful<br />

lypr, lypro Greek wretched<br />

lyr-, lyra, lyri referring to the shape of a lyre, from Greek for a harp, lyre<br />

Lyrocarpa Lyrocar'pa (lie-ro-KAR-pa)<br />

lyratifolius -a -um <strong>with</strong> lyre-shaped leaves.<br />

lyrato-pinnatisectus lyre-shaped-pinnate.<br />

lyratus lyrate, lyre-shaped, pinnafid <strong>with</strong> large terminal lobe<br />

lys, lysi, lysis, lysio Greek loose; a loosening<br />

lysicephalus -um <strong>with</strong> a pointed head (used of flowers), from and Greek κεφαλή, kephale, head.<br />

Lysichiton from Greek lysis, dissolve, and chiton, a tunic, referring to the spathe, which <strong>with</strong>ers soon after<br />

flowering<br />

Lysimachia (li-si-MAK-ee-a or loo-si-MAK-ee-a) New Latin, from Latin, a plant, from Greek lysimacheios<br />

loosestrife, from Lysimachos, Lysimachus, Greek doctor, fl 5th or 4th century B.C.; or after King Lysimachos,<br />

of Thrace (c 360-281B.C.) whose name means ending strife, who is said to have pacified a bull <strong>with</strong> a piece of<br />

loosestrife.<br />

lysimachioides lysimachia-like, resembling Loose-strife, Lysimachia.<br />

lysiosepalus -a -um <strong>with</strong> pointed sepals(???)<br />

lysolepi -is -es <strong>with</strong> loose scales, from and Greek λεπίς, λεπιδο-, lepis, lepido-, scale.<br />

lyss-, lyssa, lysso Greek madness, rage<br />

lyt-, lyto Greek that which maybe loosed<br />

lythr-, lythro, lythrum Greek blood, gore<br />

Lythraceae Lythra'ceae (li-THRAY-see-ee) plants of the Loosestrife family, from the genus name, Lysimachia,<br />

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

lythroides resembling Winged Loosestrife, Lythrum.<br />

Lythrum Lyth'rum (LITH-rum) from Greek λύθρον, lythron, black blood, referring to the color of some species<br />

flowers. According to Pliny, a garland of spiked loosestrife around the neck of oxen helps them pull together as a<br />

team. (Lythraceae)<br />

lytt-, lytta Greek madness, rage; a worm thought to cause madness in dogs<br />

-ma m. Greek suffix indicating the result of an action, used <strong>with</strong> a verb base.<br />

maackii Richard Karlovich Maack (1825-1886), Russian botanist, naturalist, and traveler

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