Lacerate 



A DICTIONARY 



Larval State 



LAC ERATE, having the margin 

 deeply cut into irregular seg- 

 ments as if torn. Compare 

 Erose, Incised, Laciniate. 



LAg'ERATED, see Lacerate. 



LACH'RYMJEFORM, see Tear- 

 shaped. 



LAcJN'lA (pi. Lacin'iae), a seg- 

 ment of a laciniate leaf. 



LAglN'IATE, deeply cut into 

 narrow incisions, more ir- 

 regular and larger than Fim- 

 briate; slashed. 



LAciN'IFdRM, fringe-like. 



LAflN'ULATE, finely laciniate. 

 Compare Lacinulose. 



LAyiN'tJLOSE, lacinulate or bear- 

 ing little fringes. 



LACTES'CENT, resembling or 

 producing milk or latex. 



LACTIFEROUS, producing or 

 conveying latex; laticiferous. 



LACTIFEROUS VES'SELg, see 

 Laticiferous Vessels. 



LACU'NA (pi. Lacu'nae), a large 

 deep depression on the surface, 

 or open space between the 

 cells. 



LACU'NAR, having, resembling, 

 or pertaining to lacunae. 



LACUNOSE, (1) perforated with 

 rather large holes. Compare 

 Foraminated. (2) Having 

 depressions in the surface 

 larger, more irregular, or 

 more irregularly placed than 

 in Alveolate. 



LACUNOSE - RUGOSE', marked 

 with deep broad irregular 

 wrinkles, as the shell of the 

 walnut or pit of the peach. 

 Compare Ruminated. 



LAcUS'TRINE, growing in or on 

 the margins of lakes. 



LADDER-CELLS, see Scalari- 

 form Vessels. 



LiEV'IGATE, smoothed, as if 

 polished; laevis. 



L-iE'VIS, smooth; having an even 

 surface devoid of hair or 

 roughness of any kind; op- 

 posed especially to asperate, 

 striate, sulcate, or any un- 

 evenness. Compare Nitid 

 and Glabrous. 



LA6e'NIF6RM, shaped like a 

 Florence flask (the ordinary 

 bulbous flask of chemists). 

 The term bottle-shaped means 

 the same, or nearly the same. 



LAM'EL, see Lamella. 



LAmEL'lA (pi. LameTlae), dimin- 

 utive of Lamina; a thin plate, 

 as one of the " gills" beneath, 

 the cap of a mushroom. 



LAM'ELLATE, composed of thin 

 plates or scales; lamellose. 



LAMEL'LJFORM, in the form of 



a plate or scale. 

 LAm'ELLOSE, see Lamellate. 



LAM INA (pi. Lam'inae), the blade 

 of a leaf or limb of a petal or 

 sepal. 



LAMINATED, consisting of 

 plates, scales, or layers; plated. 



LAMINATED BULB,* see Tuni- 

 cated Bulb. 



LA'NATE, covered with long 

 curled hairs like wool; la- 

 nose; lanuginous; woolly. 



LANCEOLATE, tapering abrupt- 

 ly toward the base and gradu- 

 ally toward the apex, like the 

 head of a lance. 



LANCE-OVATE, between lanceo- 

 late and ovate, but approaching 

 nearer the latter. 



LA'NOSE, see Lanate. 



LANU'6lNOUs, see Lanate. 



LAP'iDOSE, growing in stony 

 places. 



LAPPA'CEOUS, bur like. 



LAR'VAL STATE, resting state, 

 as the sphacelium of ergot. 

 (W. G. Smith.) Seldom used. 



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