L
L
- labi-
- referring to a lip ("labiata")
- lachry-
- referring to a tear (like in drop) ("lachrymosa")
- lacin-
- torn, cut, incised ("laciniatus")
- lact-
- referring to milk ("lactiflorus" = "milk-colored flowers")
- lacun-
- referring to a hole or pit ("lacunosa")
- lacustr-
- referring to a lake ("lacustris")
- laet-
- bright ("laetum")
- laevi-
- smooth ("laevigatus" / "laevis" /"laeve")
- lagen-
- referring to a bottle (_Lagenaria_, a gourd genus)
- lan-
- referring to wool ("lanata," "lanosus")
- lanc-
- referring to a lance ("lanceolatus")
- lanig-
- referring to wool ("lanigerus" = "wool-bearing")
- lanug-
- referring to wool or down ("lanuginosus")
- larici-
- referring to the genus _Larix_, the Larch tree ("laricifolia" = "leaves like a larch)
- lasi-
- rough, hairy ("lasiocarpus" = "rough fruit")
- later-
- lateral, referring to a side ("lateriflora" = "flowers on the side")
- laterit-
- referring to a brick (color) ("lateritium")
- lati-
- broad, wide - horizontally ("latifolia" = "wide-leaved")
- lauri-
- referring to the Laurel tree ("laurifolius" = "leaves like the laurel")
- lavand-
- referring to the genus _Lavandula_, the Lavender plant
which name, itself, comes from the Latin word "to wash," the plant having been used since ancient times in the bath water ("lavandulacea")
- lax-
- loose, open ("laxifolia" = "loosely/sparsely-leaved") ("laxa")
- leia- / leio-
- smooth ("leiocarpus" = "smooth fruit")
- lenti-
- referring to a lens ("lentiformis" = "in the form of a lens")
- leon-
- referring to a lion (_Leontopodium_, the Edelweiss, = "lion's foot")
- lep-
- referring to scales (_Lepidium_ = "little scale") -lep(...) (_Microlepia_ = "small scale" - a fern)
- lepr
- scurfy ("leprosepala" = "scurfy petalled")
- lept-
- thin, slender (_Leptocodon_ = "slender bell")
- leuc-
- referring to the color white (_Leucadendron_ = "silver
-leuc(...) tree") ("leuconeura" = "white-nerved") (_Melaleuca_ )
- lign-
- referring to wood ("lignosa")
- ligul-
- referring to a strap (shape)
- limn- / lim-
- referring to mud or marshes (_Limodorum_ = "marsh gift")
- line-
- linear ("linearis") ALSO meaning "lined" ("lineatus")
- ling-
- referring to a tongue ("lingua" / "lingularia")
- liri-
- referring to a lily (_Liriodendron_ = "lily + tree")
- -liri(...)
- (_Dasylirion_, "thick lily")
- litho-
- referring to a stone (_Lithospermum_ = "stone seed")
- littor-
- referring to a shore (sea) ("littoralis")
- lob-
- referring to lobes - as a suffix it usually refers to a fruit
- loma-
- referring to a margin (_Lomatophyllum_ = "margined leaf")
- lonch-
- referring to a lance (_Lonchocarpus_ = "lance-fruit")
- longi-
- long ("longipes" = "long foot")
- loph-
- referring to a crest (_Lophophora_ (the Peyote) = "crest-bearing")
- lor-
- referring to a strap (_Loranthus_ = "strap-flower")
- lori-
- referring to a strap ("lorifolius" = "strap-leaved")
- lucid-
- referring to light; bright, clear, lustrous ("lucida")
- ludovic-
- referring to King Louis [x], therefore, by extension, to the State of Louisiana ("ludoviciana")
- luna-
- .referring to the moon (usually in crescent shape) (_Lunaria_,referring to the moon-shaped seed pods / "lunatus" = "crescent-shaped")
- lurid-
- pale, sallow ("luridus")
- lusitan-
- .referring to Portugal ("lusitanica")
- lute-
- referring to the color yellow (esp. light yellow) ("lutescens" / "lutea")
- lyc-
- referring to a wolf (_Lycopersicum_ ((_Lycopersicon_)) = "wolf-peach" - the tomato; the derivation is probably due to the fact that the fruit was once considered poisonous)
- lyr-
- referring to a lyre (shape) ("lyrata")
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