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lysigenous (H-sij'e-mis), a. [Irrcg. < Gr. /U' 
a setting free, + -yev>K, born, produced: see 
-f/f>i and -i/enous.] In oot., produced by the ab- 
sorption or destruction of contiguous cells : ap- 
plied to certain cavities or intercellular spaces 
in plants. 
Lysiloma (lis-i-16'mii), n. [NL. (Bentham, 
1844), prob. so named in allusion to the inner 
portion of the pod, which breaks away from the 
thickened margin; < Gr. Metv (sigmatie stem 
/ivat-), loose, + ^>/ia, a border.] A genus of 
leguminous plants of the suborder Mimosein and 
the tribe Ingew, characterized by bipinnate 
leaves, usually a small number of stamens, and 
the valves of the flat, straight pod breaking away 
from the persistent sutures. They are trees or 
shrubs from tropical America and the Antilles, much re- 
sembling the acacias of the same region, with small leaf- 
lets and numerous small flowers growing in round heads 
or cylindrical spikes. There are about 10 species, of which 
the most important economically is L. Sabicu of Cuba, fur- 
nishing an extremely hard and durable timber known as Lysippian (ll-sip'i-an), 
sabicu-wood, or home-flesh mahogany. It is used in ship- a Same as Lusinndn 
arious structural purpose ^alsoas^a Lysippic (ll-sip'ik), 'a. 
lyverey 
substitute for boxwood in making shuttles. 
called wild tatnarind, extends into Florida, and its wood is 
locally useful in building boats and ships. 
Lysimachia (lis-i-ma'ki-a), . [NL., < L. lysi 
machia, < Gr. faai/idxtov, a medicinal herb ; la- 
ter Avai/taxtot; or A.v<rt/idxetoc ftordvii, regarded as 
named from A.mi[taxof, Lysimachus, King of 
Thrace, but appar. earlier regarded (as the 
E. translation loosestrife, and the statement of 
Pliny that the plant has a soothing effect upon 
oxen that will not draw in the same yoke, show) 
donmentof the dignified repose of earlier sculptures, and by containing about 15 beautiful and highly col- 
the portrayal of action and muscular strain and power and ore d tropical species, as the South American 
L. Innata, the woolly lantern-fly, so called be- 
cause it secretes long strings of a waxy sub- 
stance which looks like wool. 
lytet, a. and n. See lite 1 . 
lytelt, and adv. An obsolete form of little. 
lyterian (li-te'ri-an), a. [< Gr. hwi/ptof, loosing, 
delivering, < Zvr'rip, a deliverer, < liietv, loose : 
see lysis, j In med., terminating a disease ; in- 
dicating the solution of a disease. 
lytht, n. See lithe. 
lythe 1 1, a. and v. An obsolete form of lithe 1 . 
lythe 2 (1I5H), n. [Also laitke, laits; origin ob- 
scure.] Thecoalfish. [Scotch and North. Eng.] 
The small boatwas cleverly run alongside the jetty, . . . 
and Miss Sheila, with a heavy string of lythe in her right 
hand, stepped, laughing and blushing, onto the quay. 
W. Black, Princess of Thule, ii. 
lythert, . See litker 1 . 
Lythracese (lith-ra'se-e), n. pi. [NL. (Lind- 
ley, 1846), < Lythrum '+ -ace<B.] A synonym of 
Lythrariew, still employed by some botanists. 
lythraceous (lith-ra'shius),. [NL. Lythriim + 
-aceous.'] Pertaining to the Lythrarietn (Lyth- 
.,,,,., raee<e), or having their characters. 
nCanqn.-The lythratt (lith'rad), H. Any plant of the loose- 
strife family, Lythrariece. 
Lythrarieae (lith-ra-ri'e-e), n.pl. [NL. (Jussieu, 
1823), < Lythrum + -ariece.] The loosestrife 
the personal element, or por- 
traiture, as distinguished from 
the ideal. (Seepalhos.) Lysip- 
pus madethe proportions of his 
statues more slender than those 
of his predecessors' works, the 
heads being notably smaller. 
His figure called the Apoxyo- 
inenos, or athlete using the stri- 
gil, of which a good copy is 
preserved in the Vatican, is 
identified as his celebrated 
canon, or exemplar of the per- 
fect human figure, and is to be 
paralleled with the widely dif- 
ferent proportions of the Dory- 
phorus, the canon of Polycle- 
tus. The followers of Lysippus 
exaggerated the faults of his 
tendency, and leaned toward 
the extraordinary and preten- 
tious. See Hellenistic, and com- 
pare doryphorus. 
Same as Lysippan. 
lysis (U 'si's), n. [L., < 
i- Gr. Maif, a loosening, < 
Mea>, loose: see loose.] 
1. In med., the gradual 
recession of a disease, as 
distinguished from crisis, in which the change 
for the better is more abrupt. 2. In arch., a 
plinth or step above the cornice of the podium 
of some Roman temples. When present in a 
. r Athlete 
il. (Vatican Musi 
as directly (as the proper name indeed is) < columnar edifice, it constitutes the stylobate 
Gr. Meat (sigmatie stem Aval-), loose, + udrri, proper, 
strife.] Alar- - 
opetalous plan 
PrimulacecE. tl 
family, an order of dicotyledonous polypetalous 
plants belonging to the cohort Myrtales. it is 
characterized by valvate calyx-lobes, petals usually wrin- 
kled, and an ovary which is generally free, with from two 
to an indefinite number of cells, the latter with numerous 
ovules. They are herbs, shrubs, or trees, with entire 
tribe Lysimachiece, characterized by a capsule of birds, a superfamily of scutelliplantar Pas- temperate regions or dispersed throughout the world. Im- 
which opens longitudinally, a 5- or 6-parted co- 
rolla which is longer than the calyx, and sta- 
mens affixed to the base of the corolla. They are 
erect or creeping herbs, with entire leaves, which are op- 
posite, alternate, or whorled, and yellow, white, or rose- 
colored flowers, generally solitary in the axils or in ra- 
cemes. About 65 species are known, natives of the temper- 
ate and subtropical regions of the northern hemisphere, 
tropical and southern Africa, Australia, and South America. 
(See loosestrife.) The European L. nemorum is the yellow 
pimpernel. L. Nummularia, the moneywort, also called 
creeping-jenny, herb twopence, etc., is a trailing vine with 
roundish leaves and bright-yellow flowers, 
Europe, and often planted in baskets, rock' 
seres, represented by the family of tyrant fly- Prtant genera are Cuphea, Lagerstraemia, and Lythrum. 
catchers or Tyramiidn;: a division of the Exa- Lythreae (lith're-e), n.pl. [NL. (Lindley, 1846), 
' 
^ Lythrum + -ece.'} A tribe of dicotyledonous 
polypetalous plants of the order Lytlirarieie, 
the loosestrife family, consisting of shrubs or 
spidece, as distinguished from those which are 
called Syndfictylce. 
Lysopteri (ll-sop'te-ri), . pi. [< Gr. Umv (Xvai-), 
loose, + wrep6v, wing.] An order of fishes, con- trees ; rarely herbs, characterized by a herba- 
taining the platysomids and paleoniscids, char- ceous or coriaceous calyx, which is usually 
acterized as actinopterous fishes with the me- many-ribbed, and flowers generally large and 
diau fin-rays not joined to the interhemal and almost always with wrinkled petals. The tribe 
interneural bones and not coinciding with them embrac . es 27 genera and over 300 species Most of the im- 
:_ T __j in. , . portant genera of the order belong to this tribe. 
America; L. quadrifolia, sometimes called 
a delicate and handsome American species. Tournefort, 
&K e sr.^'. -jrtBKfc, as- 4SHaEsKF? s TV2 
I crosstcort, is vry 4W so called in allusion to the purple color of most 
1700. 
lysopterous (U-SOp'te-rna), a. Pertaining to 
. 
Lysimachieae (lis"i-ma-ki'e-e), n. pi. [NL. tne Lysopteri, or having their characters. 
>r, 1836), < Lysimachia + -co;.] Atribe lyssa (lis'a), n. [NL., < Gr. Maaa, Attic Tivr 
(Endlicher 
pur] 
of the flowers ; < Gr. lifipov, hvffpaf, gore.] A ge- 
nus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants of the 
natural order Lythrarieai and the tribe Lythrece. 
It is characterized by a straight striate calyx having from 
lysimachust (li-sim'a-kus), n. 
chia.] Loosestrife. 
Yellow lysimachus, to give sweet rest 
To the faint shepherd, killing, where it comes. 
All busy gnats, and every fly that hums. 
Fletcher, Faithful Shepherdess, ii. 2. 
[See Lysima- to the Lyssacina. Also lyssakine. cies is L. Salicaria.t'he purple or spiked loosestrife. ' "see 
lysshet, v. An uncertain word, occurring in the loosestrife. 
following passage. If the form lyssheth is correct, it lytlet, a. and adv. An obsolete form of little. 
is probably a variant of lussheth, from lush?, in a sense lytta (Ht'a), )!. [NL., < Gr. l.i-TTa, Tiraoa, frenzy, 
i i A?A U 'V i "h 1 th"' 86 lyisheth may t)e a scribal error ' or rage, canine madness; also the 'worm' under 
6 a dog's tongue, supposed to produce madness : 
She lyssheth and scorneth the wepynges of hem the which 
she hath makyd wepe with hir fre wille. 
Chaucer, Boethius, ii. meter 1. 
lysspphobia (lis-o-fo'bi-a), w. [NL., < Gr. \iiaca, 
canine madness^ + <j>6fiot, fear.] A nervous 
--;-,, /,-,-^.s-" ;-, - -: f^W)M*, < Gr. state produced by morbid dread of having con- 
AwOTTrof, < Men, (tan-), loose, + ZTTTOC, a horse.] tracted rabies 
Of or pertaining to the ancient Greek sculptor lystt. An obsolete form of list 1 list? etc 
lysimeter (li-sim'e-ter), n. [< Gr. /LwHf, a dis- 
solving, + (lirpov, a measure.] An instrument 
P ercolation of 
see lyssa.] 1. A long vermiform rod of car- 
tilage or fibrous tissue in the middle line and 
under surface of the tongue of a carnivore; the 
glossohyal of a carnivore; the so-called "worm " 
of a dog's tongue. It is vulgarly supposed to be a para- 
site, and is often extracted by dog-fanciers. Compare lyssa. 
2. [cap.'} A Fabrician genus of Coleoptera : 
game as Cantharis. 
