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Lygodium, n., lig>od r -i-um (Gr. 

 lugodes, flexible, pliant), snake's 

 tongues, a climbing genus of 

 ferns, Ord. Tilices, so named in 

 allusion to the twining habit of 

 the plants. 



lymph, n., limf (L. lympha, 

 water), in animal bodies 

 an alkaline, colourless fluid 

 which fills the absorbents or 

 lymphatics: lymphatics, n. plu., 

 limf-at'iks, the minute absorbent 

 vessels which carry lymph from 

 all parts of the body, generally 

 closely accompanying blood- 

 vessels : lymphadenoma, n., 

 limf'ad f 'e'nom f -a (L. lympha, 

 spring-water ; aden, an acorn, 

 a gland, adenos, of a gland), a 

 disease in which there is a 

 gradual and it may be great 

 enlargement of the lymphatic 

 glands of the body, also lymph- 

 oma, n., Itmf-om'd. 



lymphosarcoma, n. , limf'd-sark' 

 om'a (L. lympha, spring-water ; 

 sarcoma, which see), medullary 

 sarcoma of the lymphatic glands, 

 which may be either round-celled 

 or spindle-celled. 



lyra, n. , llr '-a (Gr. lura, a lyre), a 

 triangular portion of the corpus 

 callosum of the cerebrum, marked 

 with transverse, longitudinal, and 

 oblique lines : lyrate, a., lir f -dt, 

 in bot. , applied to a leaf having a 

 large terminal lobe, and several 

 pairs of smaller lobes decreasing 

 in size towards the base ; pin- 

 natifid, having the upper lobe 

 largest. 



Lythracese, n. plu., lith-ra'-sV-e 

 (Gr. luthron, gore, black blood), 

 the Loosestrife family, an Order 

 of plants, so named in allusion to 

 the purple colour of most of the 

 flowers, many of the plants have 

 astringent properties, some are 

 used for dyeing : Lythrum, n., 

 lith'-rtim, a genus of perennial 

 and annual plants, the former of 

 which are very handsome : Lyth- 

 rum salicaria, sal'-i-ka^-i-cL (L. 



sdllx, a willow, solids, of a 

 willow), the Loosestrife, or willow- 

 strife, contains tannin and has 

 been used in diarrhoea. 



mace, n., mas (L. mads, a spice ; 

 F. mads), the arillus or arillode, 

 being an additional covering of 

 the seed of the tree Myristica 

 officinalis, Ord. Myristicacese, 

 commencing at the exostome, 

 natives of Moluccas ; nutmeg and 

 mace are used as aromatic stimul- 

 ants and condiments, and in 

 large doses are narcotic. 



maceration, n., mas f -er-af-sliun (L. 

 maceratum, to soften by steeping 

 from macer, lean, thin), the 

 process or operation of softening, 

 or extracting the soluble portion 

 of anything by steeping in a 

 liquid, as cold water : infusion 

 is performed by pouring a hot or 

 boiling liquid over a substance, 

 as in making tea ; decoction, 

 by boiling a substance in a 

 liquid. 



Maclura, n., mak-ldr'-d (after 

 Maclure, a N.American botanist), 

 a genus of very ornamental 

 trees, Ord. Moracese : Macluxa 

 tinctoria, tink-tor'-i-a (L. tinctor- 

 ius, of or belonging to dyeing 

 from tin go, I dye), a species pro- 

 ducing the yellow dye - wood 

 called Fustic. 



Macrochloa, u.,mak'-rdk-ld'-a (Gr. 

 makros, long ; chloa, green 

 grass), a genus of plants having a 

 long herbage, Ord. Graminese : 

 macrochloa tenacissima, ten'-a- 

 sis'-sim-a (L. tenadssimus, very 

 tenacious or sticky from tenax, 

 tenacious), Esparto or Spanish 

 grass which yields fibres extens- 

 ively employed in making paper, 

 and mats, etc. 



Macrocystis, T\.,mak r -ro>sist'-is (Gr. 

 makros, long ; kustls, a bladder), 

 a genus of sea-plants, Ord. Algse: 

 Macrocystis pyrifera, pir-if-er-d 

 (L. pyrum, a pear ; fyro, I bear), 

 one of the Algae or sea-weeds 



