lubricous 



macrobiostigmatic 



lu'bricous, lu'bricus (Lat.), smooth, 

 slippery. 



lu'cens, lu'cid, lu'ddus (Lat.), shin- 

 ing, referring to the surface. 



lumbrica'lis (lumbricus, a maw- worm), 

 worm-shaped, as in some Algae ; 

 lum'bricous, shaped like an earth- 

 worm. 



Lu'men (Lat., light, opening), the 

 space which is bounded by the 

 walls of an organ, as the central 

 cavity of a cell ; Lu'minous Line, in 

 Malpighiaceae, etc. , on the testa of 

 the seeds, is due to a modification 

 of the outer layer. 



lu'nar (luna, the moon), (1) pertain- 

 ing to the moon ; (2) LUNATE ; <* 

 Plants, Grew's term for those which 

 twine "with the moon," against 

 the sun, sinistrorse; lu'nate, lunaf- 

 tus, half -moon shaped ; luna'ted, 

 having lunar markings (Crozier); 

 lu'niform (forma, shape), crescent- 

 shaped, (Crozier) ; lu'nulate, lunu- 

 la'tus, diminutive of lunate. 



Lu'pinite, a bitter substance occur- 

 ring in the leaves of the white lupin, 

 Lupinus albus, Linn. ; Lu'pinine, 

 an alkaloid in the flower-buds of 

 Lupinus luteus, Linn. 



Lu'pulin, (1) a secretion from the 

 glandular hairs of the hop-strobiles, 

 Humulus Lupulus, Linn., which 

 gives a bitter taste ; (2) see LUPU- 

 LINIC GLANDS; lu'puline, lupuli'- 

 nous, lupuli'nus, resembling a hop- 

 strobile ; lupulin'ic Glands, the 

 resinous glandular bodies within 

 the scales of the female flower of 

 the hop, "also called Lupulin" 

 (Stormonth) ; Lu'pulite, a lupulinic 

 gland. 



lu'rid, lu'ridus (Lat., sallow, wan), in 

 botany, dingy brown or yellow ; 

 lurid'ic Acid occurs in Boletus 

 luridus, Schaeff. 



Lu'sus (Lat. a game), a sport or varia- 

 tion from seed or bud ; ~ Natu'rae, 

 a monstrosity. 



lu'teo-fus'cus (luteus, yellow, fuscus, 

 swarthy), blackish-yellow ; Lu'te- 

 olin, a yellow colouring matter 

 found in weld, Reseda Luteola, 



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Linn. ; lu'teolus (Lat.) yellowish; 

 lutes'cent, lutes' cens, becoming yel- 

 low ; lu'teus (Lat.) a full yellow. 



Luxu'ria, Luxu'ries (Lat. rankness), 

 exuberant growth ; luxu'riant, 

 luxu'rians (Lat.), usually signifies 

 that the organs of nutrition are 

 more developed than those of 

 fructification. 



lycoper'dioid (Lycoperdon, a genus of 

 Gasteromycetes, eldos, like), resem- 

 bling a puff-ball. 



lycopodia'ceous (Lycopodium, + 

 aceous), resembling the genus 

 Lycopodium. 



lycot'ropal=lycot'ropous, -pus (XiJ/cos, 

 a door-knocker, rpoTn), a twining), 

 when an otherwise orthotropous 

 ovule is bent like a horse-shoe. 



Lymph, Lym'pha (Lat. spring water), 

 Grew's term for sap ; Lymph'ae ~ 

 Ducts = DUCTS; lymphatic, clear, 

 pellucid; ~ Ducts = DUCTS. 



lysigenet'ic, lysigen'ic, lysig'enous 

 (X&nj, a loosing, ycvos, offspring), 

 when a cavity is formed by dis- 

 organisation or dissolving of cells. 



ly'rate, lyra'tus (Xvpa, a lute or lyre), 

 lyre-shaped, pinnatifid with the 

 terminal lobe large and rounded, the 

 lower lobes small ; lyrati-parti'tus, 

 ~ -sec'tus, lyrately pinnate ; lyre- 

 shaped = LYRATE. 



Ly'sis, (Xi)<riy, a loosing), the meta- 

 morphosis of a part. 



Mace, the arillus of the nutmeg. 



Maceration, (maceratio, a steeping), 

 steeping, as in the case of barley 

 for malting. 



Mac'ro- (/ua/fpoy, long), in Greek com- 

 pounds = long ; frequently but im- 

 properly used for mega-, or megalo-, 

 large. 



macran'drous (/^a/epos, long ; dvrip, 

 dvdpos, a man), having large or 

 long male plants in Algae ; mac- 

 ran'thus (&v6os, a flower), long 

 flowered ; macrobiostigmatic (/3/os, 

 life, ffrlyfj-a, a puncture), Delpino's 

 term for those plants whose stig- 

 mas remain capable of fertilization 

 until the anthers are mature; 



