lengas
plural of lenga

lenticel
One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.
A small, lens-shaped gland on the underside of some leaves.

lenticella
Synonym of lenticel.

lenticellae
plural of lenticella

lenticelle
Alternative form of lenticel.

lenticelles
plural of lenticelle

lenticels
plural of lenticel

lepals
plural of lepal

lepidium
Any cruciferous plant of the genus Lepidium, often called garden cresses or pepperworts.

lepidiums
plural of lepidium

lepidodendrid
Any of an extinct genus (†Lepidodendron) or its close relatives of trees, related to the present-day club mosses.

lepidodendrids
plural of lepidodendrid

leptoma
A thin-walled area on a pollen grain

leptomata
plural of leptoma

leptomorph
A thin rhizome of bamboo

leptomorphs
plural of leptomorph

lesser clubmoss
Selaginella selaginoides, a vascular plant of the family Selaginellaceae that resembles moss and is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.

letterwood
The wood of the tree Brosimum guianense, marked with black spots resembling hieroglyphics.

leucoplast
An organelle found in certain plant cells, a non-pigmented category of plastid with various biosynthetic functions.

leucoplasts
plural of leucoplast

lewisia
Any plant of the genus Lewisia.

lewisias
plural of lewisia

leylandii
Leyland cypress, especially when part of a large hedge.

liagoracean
Any red alga of the family Liagoraceae

liatris
Any plant of the genus Liatris; a blazing star.

liatrises
plural of liatris

liber
The inner bark of plants, next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is the part from which the fibre of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.
A book of public records.

libers
plural of liber

libri
plural of liber

lichenism
The symbiotic relationship that gives rise to a lichen.

lichenometry
A geomorphic method of geochronologic dating that uses lichen growth to determine the age of exposed rock.

lichwale
A plant, the gromwell.

lichwales
plural of lichwale

lichwort
The herb Parietaria officinalis.

licorice
A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.
A type of candy made from that plant's dried root or its extract.
A black color, named after the licorice.
A flavoring agent made from dried root portions of the aforementioned plant.
A supposed aphrodisiac made in the past from dried roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra and Glycyrrhiza echinata.

licorices
plural of licorice

lidflower
Any of various flowering plants of the genus Myrcia.

lidflowers
plural of lidflower

lightwort
A flowering plant in the borage family, of species Mertensia maritima.

lignotuber
A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.

lignotubers
plural of lignotuber

ligularia
Any of several species of flowering plant, of the genus Ligularia, having heart-shaped leaves and bright, daisy-like flowers.

ligularias
plural of ligularia

ligustrin
A bitter principle found in the bark of the European privet (Ligustrum vulgare).

liliates
plural of liliate

lilioid
Any of a grade of five monocot orders (Petrosaviales, Dioscoreales, Pandanales, Liliales and Asparagales) in which most species have flowers with relatively large, coloured tepals resembling those of a lily.

lilioids
plural of lilioid

lilywort
Any plant of the lily family or order.

lilyworts
plural of lilywort

limbidia
plural of limbidium

limbidium
A differentiated margin of the leaf of a moss.

limbline
A fishing line that dangles from the limb of an overhanging tree.

limblines
plural of limbline

limewood
The wood from the lime tree or linden tree.

limewoods
plural of limewood

limewort
A flowering plant of species Petrorhagia prolifera.

limnodophyte
Helophyte

limnodophytes
plural of limnodophyte

limnophyte
Any plant that grows in marshy conditions, or in shallow water

limnophytes
plural of limnophyte

limoncillo
The plant Pectis angustifolia.

limonium
Any plant of the genus Limonium.

limoniums
plural of limonium

limonoid
Any of a class of phytochemicals, found in citrus fruit and certain other plants, believed to have various therapeutic effects.

limonoids
plural of limonoid

linaria
Any plant of the genus Linaria (as the toadflax)

linarias
plural of linaria

lindera
Any plant of the genus Lindera, flowering shrubs and trees.

linderas
plural of lindera

lindsaeoid
Any fern of the genus Lindsaea

lindsaeoids
plural of lindsaeoid

lindsayoid
Alternative form of lindsaeoid.

lindsayoids
plural of lindsayoid

linola
A cultivated form of flax.

liriodendron
Any of several large North American trees, of the genus Liriodendron, that have tulip-like flowers; especially Liriodendron tulipifera, the tulip tree

liriodendrons
plural of liriodendron

lithophyte
Any plant that lives grows on rocks, obtaining nourishment from rain and the atmosphere.
Any organism, such as a coral, resembling a stony plant.

lithophytes
plural of lithophyte

lithosere
A sere originating on rock; a plant succession that begins life on a newly exposed rock surface, such as one left bare as a result of glacial retreat, tectonic uplift, or volcanic eruptions.

lithoseres
plural of lithosere

lithospermum
Any plant of the genus Lithospermum.

lithospermums
plural of lithospermum

lithothamnioid
Any of the genus Lithothamnion of red algae.

lithothamnioids
plural of lithothamnioid

litterfall
Plant material that falls to the ground, such as leaves from trees.
The total mass of plant material falling to the ground per unit area, or the mass collected at a specific site.

litterfalls
plural of litterfall

liuto
Alstroemeria ligtu, an herb or bush with large flowers, native to Chile.

llareta
Alternative form of yareta (“flowering plant”).

llaretas
plural of llareta

lobelioid
Any plant of the subfamily Lobelioideae

lobelioids
plural of lobelioid

lockout
The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.
The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown.
The situation of being locked out of a building.
A situation where the system is not responding to input.
A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation; a safety device to keep the power supply turned off during repairs; the standardized practice and method whereby such devices are deployed.
The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.
A form of vote splitting in a two-round voting system which a large number of candidates with similar politics prevent each other from advancing to the second round, allowing a pair of opposition candidates to face each other in the runoff.

lockouts
plural of lockout

lodgepole
A lodgepole pine or its wood.

logicker
A logician.

logickers
plural of logicker

lomasome
A paramural body associated with the membranes of plant and fungal cells

lomasomes
plural of lomasome

longikaurin
An ent-kaurene diterpenoid found in plants of the Isodon genus.

lonicera
Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.

loniceras
plural of lonicera

loulu
Any of various palms of the genus Pritchardia.

loulus
plural of loulu

louseberry
A tree of species Euonymus europaeus, the European spindle.