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A list of specialist words which might be used in field guides ... more.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| Lacerate : | Margins irregularly cut, appearing torn. |
| Parent Term: | Serrated |
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| Laciniate : | Slashed into narrow, ribbon-like (flattened) lobes. See Stipule. |
| Parent Term: | Serrated |
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| Laevigate : | Shiny |
| Parent Term: | Surface_texture |
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| Lamina leaf blade : | - |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_parts |
| Plural: | Leaf blades |
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Blade
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Leaf_outline Venation Leaf_blade_shape Leaf_blade_margin Vein Outline_of_leaf_blade Leaf_blade_glands_etc Leaf_blade_colour Leaf_shape Vein(s) |
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| Lamina (blade of leaf or leaflet) : | Flattened green structure repeated many times on tree which normally develops and falls as a unit |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_parts |
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| Lanate : | Woolly, covered with long, curled and densely matted hairs. |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
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| Lanceolate : | Lance-shaped; 3 ? 6 times as long as broad and broadest below middle. See oblanceolate, ovate. |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_shape |
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| Lateral : | i) sideways; ii) abbreviation of lateral nerve which is a secondary nerve branching from the midrib like a rib. |
| Parent Term: | Position |
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| Lateral nerve : | - |
| Parent Term: | Nerve |
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Lateral_nerve_count |
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| Lateral nerve count (number of pairs) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Lateral_nerve |
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| Latex : | Opaque, milk like white or yellow, sticky or rubbery exudate. |
| Parent Term: | Slash |
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| Latex bright custard yellow or orange : | - |
| Parent Term: | Slash_exudate |
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| Latex white or creamy : | - |
| Parent Term: | Slash_exudate |
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| Laticiferous : | Producing latex. |
| Parent Term: | Exudate |
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| Lax : | Loose arrangement; opposite to dense. |
| Parent Term: | Pattern |
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| Leaf : | - |
| Parent Term: | Foliage |
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Leaf_parts Leaf_types |
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| Leaf arrangement : | - |
| Parent Term: | Foliage |
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Alternate_leaf Decussate Distichous Opposite Verticillate Clustered_leaf Rosette Sub-opposite Whorled Whorl Whorl_,_whorled |
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| Leaf Base : | - |
| Parent Term: | Outline_of_leaf_blade |
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Amplexicaul Auriculate Auriculate Cuneate Decurrent Hastate Oblique Sagittate Cordate Perfoliate |
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| Leaf blade colour : | - |
| Parent Term: | Lamina__leaf_blade |
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Glaucous Discolorous Glaucescent Pannose Variegated |
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| Leaf Blade glands dots etc : | - |
| Parent Term: | Lamina__leaf_blade |
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Gland Resin_duct Glands Glandular Bacterial_nodule |
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| Leaf blade margin : | - |
| Parent Term: | Lamina__leaf_blade |
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Serrated Entire Serrated Margin_of_leaf_blade_(3d) Serrated_etc_(not_entire) |
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| Leaf blade Margin (plane outline) : | Edge (of leafl |
| Parent Term: | Lamina__leaf_blade |
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| Leaf blade overall shapes : | - |
| Parent Term: | Outline_of_leaf_blade |
| Leaf blade shape : | - |
| Parent Term: | Lamina__leaf_blade |
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Asymmetric Elliptic Filiform Linear Lyrate Oblanceolate Oblate Oblong Obovate Ovate Panduriform Peltate Rhombic Symmetric Orbicular Cleft Falcate Clavate Lanceolate Lobe Palmatifid Palmatisect Lobed Lobe__(n)__lobed_(adj) |
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| Leaf Parts : | - |
| Parent Term: | Leaf |
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Blade Petiolate Petiole_(simple_lf) Stipel Lamina__leaf_blade Leaf_blade Parts_of_compound_lvs Gland_(petiole_or_rachis) |
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| Leaf Parts (compound) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_parts |
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Petiolule Leaflet Rachis Petiole_(compound_lf) Rachis___rhachis |
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| Leaf Shape : | - |
| Parent Term: | Lamina__leaf_blade |
| Leaf Types : | - |
| Parent Term: | Leaf |
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Simple_leaf Compound_leaf |
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| Leaf Venation (Hickey) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Venation |
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Acrodromous Actinodromous Brochidodromous Campylodromous Cladodromous Craspedodromous__mi Craspedodromous__si Eucamptodromous Hyphodromous Palinactinodromous Parallelodromous Reticulodromous Semicraspedodromous |
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| More information: | homepages.uni-tuebingen.de/anita.roth/AnnBot-2001.pdf |
| Leaflet : | Structure that forms part of a compound leaf but resembles a simple leaf, with one blade and a petiolule. |
| Parent Term: | Parts_of_compound_lvs |
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| Leaflet count (per pinna) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Compound_leaf |
| Leafy Stem : | - |
| Parent Term: | Vegetative |
| Lectotype : | A specimen selected from among those (syntype) specimens cited with the original description to serve in place of a holotype where |
| Parent Term: | Type_specimen |
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| Legume : | A fruit type in Leguminosae, or a broad term for any species of Leguminosae. |
| Parent Term: | Fruit_type |
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| Lenticel : | Small, usually corky structure with enclosed gap on bark or young twigs. |
| Parent Term: | Surface_details |
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| Lepidote : | =Scaly: Covered with minute scales. |
| Parent Term: | Hairs |
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| Leptocaul : | - |
| Parent Term: | Habit |
| Liane : | A climbing, woody plant. |
| Parent Term: | Climber |
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| Liane (=Liana) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Climber |
| Ligneous : | =Woody. |
| Parent Term: | Texture |
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| Ligulate : | Having a tongue like outgrowth at base of blade or top of sheath. |
| Parent Term: | Node |
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| Ligule : | A strap-shaped structure; a membrane or a fringe of hairs between the sheath and the blade of a leaf, especially in grasses. |
| Parent Term: | Node |
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| Limb : | The expanded part of a petal or tepal; the expanded part of a sympetalous corolla, as distinct from the tube. |
| Parent Term: | Tepal |
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| Linear : | - |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_shape |
| Litter-bin habit : | Describes the tendency of some plants to accumulate leaf litter, and eventually even soil, around the stems, due to a tight rosette |
| Parent Term: | Habit |
| Lobe : | A division of an organ, as of a leaf. Simple leaf (or leaflet) with deep (and therefore generally few) irregularities in margin. |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_shape |
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Lobed
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Digitately_lobed Palmate Pinnatifid Pinnatisect Pedate Pinnatifid Palmately_lobed Pinnately_lobed Sinus |
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| Lobe (n) Lobed (adj) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_shape |
| Lobed : | - |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_shape |
| Locule (number) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Ovary |
| Plural: | Locules |
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| Locules (count) : | - |
| Parent Term: | Ovary |
| Lomentum : | A pod, which at maturity breaks transversally into one-seeded segments. |
| Parent Term: | Fruit_type |
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| Lyrate : | Shaped like a lyre: i.e. lobed, with a large terminal lobe and smaller lateral lobes. |
| Parent Term: | Leaf_blade_shape |
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