lovebead
A bead made from a dyed seed pod, strung in a long beaded necklace and worn by men or women as part of countercultural fashion in the 1960s and 1970s.

lovebeads
plural of lovebead
A long necklace made of strung lovebeads.

lucuntu
Ischaemum timorense A grass of tropical Asia and the West Pacific.

lulab
Alternative form of lulav.

lulabs
plural of lulab

lulav
A festive bouquet of willow, myrtle and a closed date palm frond, used in Jewish ritual on Sukkot.
a closed date palm frond used in this bouquet

lulavs
plural of lulav

lumaflavanone
Any of a group of flavanones present in plants of the genus Luma

lumaflavanones
plural of lumaflavanone

lumbang
The kukui tree.

lumbangs
plural of lumbang

lumbayao
Heritiera javanica; a Philippine timber tree.
The wood from this tree, commercially sold as Philippine mahogany

lumbayaos
plural of lumbayao

lunumidella
A chinaberry tree (Melia azedarach), in the mahogany family, native to Indomalaya.

lupulin
Small hairs obtained from the strobili of the hop plant.
The bitter aromatic principle of the hop.

lupuline
Alternative spelling of lupulin.

lupulins
plural of lupulin

lutamide
A ceramide present in the giant-leaved fig tree Ficus lutea
Synonym of flutamide.

lycopode
lycopodium powder (an inflammable yellow powder found in species of lycopodium, or club moss).

lycopodia
plural of lycopodium

lycopodin
An alcoholic extract of the Lycopodium plant, used in alternative medicine

lycopodins
plural of lycopodin

lycopodite
A fossil club moss.

lycopodites
plural of lycopodite

lycopodium
A club moss of the genus Lycopodium.

lycopodiums
plural of lycopodium

lycopsid
Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta, such as a clubmoss.

lycopsids
plural of lycopsid

lycoris
Any plant of the genus Lycoris.

lycorises
plural of lycoris

lygaeid
Any plant bug in the family Lygaeidae.

lygaeids
plural of lygaeid

lythrum
Any plant of the genus Lythrum.

mabela
A type of sorghum.

mabele
sorghum; Sorghum bicolor

mabinlang
Capparis masaikai, a plant that grows in the subtropical region of the Yunnan province of China and whose mature seeds are used in traditional Chinese medicine.

maca
Any of species Lepidium meyenii, an Andean medicinal herb, or an extract of the root of this plant.

macaasim
Any of various hardwood trees of the Philippines.
The timber of these trees.

macaasims
plural of macaasim

macahuba
Archaic form of macauba.

macambira
A thorny shrub, Bromelia laciniosa, of the pineapple family, native to Brazil and Argentina.

macambiras
plural of macambira

macapuno
A coconut sport or a tree propagated from such sport; a naturally occurring mutant coconut with an abnormal development of the endocarp, prized for its soft coconut meat.

macapunos
plural of macapuno

macarangaflavanone
Any of a group of geranyl flavanones isolated from the flowers of Macaranga pleiostemon

macas
plural of maca

macassar
A form of ebony from the tree Diospyros celebica

macauba
The palm tree Acrocomia aculeata.

macock
A particular plant formerly grown by Native Americans of Virginia and Maryland, thought to be a variety of squash.

macocks
plural of macock

macoya
A plant of the genus Xanthosoma, yielding edible tubers.

macoyas
plural of macoya

macpalxochitl
A tree of species Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.

macroalga
Large algae, often living attached in dense beds, such as kelp.

macrobotany
The study of plant remains from archaeological sites that are large enough to be viewed with the naked eye or with a low-powered microscope.

macrocephalia
Macrocephaly.

macrogametophyte
megagametophyte

macrogametophytes
plural of macrogametophyte

macrophanerophyte
Any phanerophyte between 30 and 50 metres in height

macrophanerophytes
plural of macrophanerophyte

macrophyte
Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.

macrophytes
plural of macrophyte

macrophytobenthos
Relatively large phytobenthos

macroplant
Any plant that is large enough to be seen with the naked eye

macroplants
plural of macroplant

macropod
A marsupial of the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos and pademelons.

macropodian
A macropod.

macropodians
plural of macropodian

macropods
plural of macropod

macrostem
The stem of a verb, plus any object markers preceding the stem and affixes following the stem, taken as a morphological unit.

macrostems
plural of macrostem

macrotherm
Synonym of megatherm.

macrotherms
plural of macrotherm

macrozoogonidia
plural of macrozoogonidium

macrozoogonidium
The larger kind of zoospore in Ulothrix, which germinates independently.

macrozoospore
A large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; found in certain green algae.

macrozoospores
plural of macrozoospore

madake
Timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

madderwort
Rubia tinctorum (common madder)
Any plant of the same family (Rubiaceae) as the madder.

madnep
The masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium).

madneps
plural of madnep

magnoliid
Any of the plants in the Magnoliidae clade of flowering plants.

magnoliids
plural of magnoliid

magnoliophyte
An angiosperm

magnoliophytes
plural of magnoliophyte

maholtine
The plant Wissadula periplocifolia.

mahuang
ephedra, when used in traditional Chinese medicine

mainatos
plural of mainato

mairehau
The plant Phebalium nudum.

majagua
Hampea reynae, a plant endemic to El Salvador.

majoranolide
The butanolide (3E,5S)-5-hydroxy-3-tetradecylideneoxan-2-one present in leaves of the tree Mezilaurus crassiramea

makaasim
Alternative form of macaasim.

makaloa
Cyperus laevigatus, a species of sedge.
A traditional Hawaiian mat made from this plant.

makataan
watermelon

makataans
plural of makataan

makhorka
A coarse, strong type of tobacco (Nicotiana rustica), especially grown in Russia and Ukraine.

maklamicin
A spirotetronate-class polyketide natural product isolated from Micromonospora found in the root of Maklam phueak.

makomako
A tree endemic to New Zealand, taxonomic name Aristotelia serrata.
The New Zealand bellbird.

makomakos
plural of makomako

malaanonang
The tree Parashorea malaanonan.

malapaho
Any of various trees of the genus Dipterocarpus.

malaysianol
Any of a class of oligostilbenoids found in plants of the genus Dryobalanops.

mallowwort
Malope trifida, an ornamental plant.
Any plant of the family Malvaceae of mallows.

mallowworts
plural of mallowwort

malojilla
The grass Brachiaria mutica.

maltol
a substituted pyranone found in the bark and needles of some conifers and in roasted malt

maltols
plural of maltol

malunggay
A tree with flavorful and nutritious leaves, the moringa or horseradish tree, Moringa oleifera.

malva
Any plant of the genus Malva, a mallow.

malvacea
Any plant of the mallow family, Malvaceae.

malvaceas
plural of malvacea

malvas
plural of malva

malvid
Any plant in the malvids clade.

malvids
plural of malvid

mamaku
Cyathea medullaris, the black tree fern of New Zealand.

mamira
A traditional herbal medicine for eye disease etc., derived from the plant Coptis teeta or from Thalictrum foliosum.

mamoncillo
Melicoccus bijugatus, a tree of the Sapindaceae family, native to Central and South America.
The small, green, tangy, oval fruit of the mamoncillo tree.

mamoncillos
plural of mamoncillo

manaca
A plant of the species Brunfelsia uniflora.

manbarklak
The South American tree Lecythis ollaria.

mancono
Alternative form of mangkono.

mandacaru
A cactus, Cereus jamacaru, native to central and eastern Brazil.

mandacarus
plural of mandacaru

mandarinquat
A citrus tree, a cross between a mandarin and a kumquat, Citrus japonica × Citrus reticulata.
The fruit from this tree.

mandarinquats
plural of mandarinquat

mangabeira
Any plant of the genus Hancornia.

mangabeiras
plural of mangabeira

mangcorn
A mixture of wheat and rye, or other species of grain, sown together as one crop.

mangeao
Litsea calicaris, a species of evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand.