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Lychnis, n., lik'nis (Gr. luchnls, a 

 plant with red flowers, used in 

 making garlands ; said to be from 

 Gr. luchnos, a torch, from the 

 "brilliancy of their flowers), an 

 extremely beautiful genus of 

 plants, Ord. Caryophyllaceae, 

 some of which are said to be 

 poisonous ; among the showiest 

 and most beautiful are Lychnis 

 chalcedonica, kdl'-sed-tin'-ik-a (of 

 or from Chalcedon) ; L. fulgens, 



ful'genz (L. fulgens, flashing, 

 shining) ; L. grandiflora, grand'* 

 l-flor'-a, (L. grandis, great, large ; 



flos, a flower, floris, of a flower), 

 and L. cseli rosa, sel'-i roz'a (L. 

 cceli, of the sky ; rosa, a rose). 



Lycoperdon, n., lik'-o-perd'-on (Gr. 

 lukos, a wolf ; p'erdo, I break 

 wind, I explode backwards), the 

 puff-balls, a genus of roundish 

 tuber-like plants, which, when 

 ripe, explode and emit their 

 sporules like smoke, Ord. Fungi : 

 Lycoperdon giganteum, jig'an- 

 It'-urn (L. giganteus, of or be- 

 longing to the giants from 

 gigantes, the giants), the common 

 puff-balls, found in pastures, and 

 on the stumps of trees. 



Lycopersicum, n., lited-pers'-ik-urn 

 (Gr. lukos, a wolf ; persikon, the 

 orange or lemon tree ; persikoi, 

 peaches), the tomatoes or love- 

 apples, a genus of plants, cultiv- 

 ated for the sake of their fruit, 

 Ord. Solanacese : Lycopersicum 

 esculentum, esk'-ul-Znt'-um (L. 

 esculentus, fit for eating), a species 

 whose fruit is the edible tomato 

 or love-apple. 



Lycopodiaceae, n. plu., tttfo-p8d'- 

 i-a'se-e, also Lycopods, n. plu., 

 W&d'p&h (Gr. lukos, a wolf; 

 pous, a foot, podes, feet, so named 

 from the appearance of the roots), 

 the Club-moss family, an Order 

 of moss-like plants, intermediate 

 between ferns and mosses, having 

 chiefly creeping stems : Lycopod- 

 ium, n., tik f -6'p6d r 'i'Urn, a genus 

 of moss-like plants, some of which 



are emetic and cathartic; the 

 powdery matter in the thecse is 

 inflammable, and has been used 

 under the name Lycopod or veget- 

 able brimstone : Lycopodium 

 clavatum, klav-at'-um (L. cldv- 

 dtus, fastened or furnished with 

 nails from cldvus, a nail), a 

 species whose spores, in the form 

 of a yellow powder, are used for 

 dusting excoriated surfaces, and 

 putting in pill-boxes to preserve 

 the pills from adhesion to one 

 another : L. giganteum, jig'an- 

 te'um (L. giganteus, of or belong- 

 ing to the giants), a species in 

 whose ash potassium phosphate 

 is found in large quantity. 



Lycopus, n., W-op-us (Gr. lukos, 

 a wolf ; pous, a foot, podes, feet), 

 a genus of plants, Ord. Labiatse, 

 so named from the appearance of 

 their leaves : Lycopus virginicus, 

 ver-jw'-ik-us (L. virginicum, be- 

 longing to a virgin from virgo, 

 a virgin), the plant bugle-weed; 

 and ]j. Europseus, ur'-d-pe'-us (of 

 or belonging to Europe), the 

 plant gipsy-wort, are used as 

 astringents and sedatives. 



lycotropal, a., lik-dt'-rdp-al (Gr. 

 lukos, the knocker of a door ; 

 tropos, a turning), in bot., an 

 orthotropal ovule curved like a 

 horse-shoe. 



lyencephala, n. plu., ll^n-sef-dl-a 

 (Gr. luo, I loose ; kephale, the 

 head), Owen's primary division 

 of mammals; the loose-brained 

 implacentals. 



Lygeum, n., tidj-e'um (Gr. lugizo, 

 I bend or twist ; lugds, a twig, 

 a wand), a genus of plants, 

 Ord. Graminese, so named from 

 their flexibility ; grasses with 

 rushy leaves, much used in Spain, 

 etc., for baskets, ropes, nets, 

 mats, etc. : Lygeum spartum, 

 spdr'-tum (L. spartum, Gr. 

 sparton, a plant of Spain from 

 Gr. spartos, a rope or cord), a 

 species yielding fibres, which are 

 used in making paper and mats. 



