LEP- 
leptodermatous (lép’tédér’ oe a. 
[Gk. /eptos, slender ; derma, skin.] 
Thin-skinned; aff/. various acs 
(bot). 
leptodermic (lép’tédér’mik). Lepto- 
ermatous 
leptodermous (lép’tédér’miis). Lepto- 
derm 
leptome “Uép’ ~~ nm. [Gk. Lepios, 
slender. | scular tissue of 
- ¢ és ins bast (d07.) 
[Gk, 
zos, smooth 
Rudimentary bast tissue 
leptophylious oe tofil’is) a [Gk. 
leptos, slender; Phyllon, \eaf.] 
With’ slender leaves (do+. 
leptosporangiate (lép’ téspéran iat) a. 
[Gk. /eptos, slender ; — seed ; 
anggeion, vessel.] sporo- 
genous ti _ from 
opp. eusporangiate (doz). 
leptostrot (lép téstrét’érat) a. 
[Gk. Jeftos, ‘slender;  séy. tos, 
ie Pad 
en tis ot.). 
leptus “ tiis) 7. oes leper ‘small 
he_ six-legged larva of mite 
Zool, 
lethal (le é'thal) a. 
O 
Ww hite nitro- 
genous eae 
constituent of various Gakock a 
organs (phys.), 
leucite ee loo-) k. leukos, 
white.| A calierina: plastid ares 
leucoblast (li’/kéblist, cage nm. [Gk 
eukos, white; dlaslos, bud | 
res ad blood- -corpuscle in - 
: velopment (em/é.). 
e W’kékar’piis, loo-) a. 
[Gk. leukos, white ; 5 barhes, fait} 
i e 
ite 
leucocyan (li’kési‘in, — n. [Gk. 
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LIE- 
leukos, white ; kyanos, dark blue. ] 
A pigment found in certain Algae 
leucocyte (lu’késit, loo-) x se me 
leukos, white; kytos, ho “owd 
amoebocyte ;_ a colourless sical 
corpuscle (amaz.). 
leucocytogenesis _(lii’kési’téjén’ésis, 
loo-) 7. yr leukos, white ; pete, 
seks : —— to 0 duce, 
Leu 
RCS A 
plu. (Gk, pa ogg white ; pike 3 
formed.] Colourless plastids from 
which amylo-, chloro and chromo- 
ene: arise (40 
S teitaaiois: loo-) #. plu. 
Gk. pe white; A/asios, formed. 
Colourless granu ules of plant cyto- 
pla h 
chromatophores or amyloplasts 
bot. 
levator (léva'tér) 2. [L. devare, to 
raise. iven to muscles 
eerting to raise an organ or part 
at.). 
Leydig’ duct,—the Wolffian duct 
(emd 
Leydig’s 0 organs,—minute oa - 
posed to 
liana (lrain’A) n. [L. ligare, ne ol 
Any luxuriant woody climber of 
tropical or semi-tropical forests 
[L. Z#ber, inner bark.] 
a si “Aktntzm) n. [Gk. leichen, 
| Symbiotic relationship 
between Fungi and Algae (0/.). 
eet Baier us a. 
= idos, npr aaenes 
ing a Lichen 
— (ber) Nn. 
st (40 
of t kbbekines pate 
lien Ne én, le’én) 7. [L. ed spleen.] 
uenal ihe enil) a Be tiem, 3 spleen.] 
/. artery, vein, 
rc ; 
lienculus (lién’kiliis) 2. [L. 
An accessory 
lien, 
spleen 
anat.). 
lienogastrice (lié’négis'trik, 1éa’né-) @. 
