Lactescent, producing milky juice, as does the Milkweed, &c.
Lacteus, Latin for milk-white.
Lacunose, full of holes or gaps.
Lacustrine, belonging to lakes.
Lævigate, smooth as if polished. Latin, Lævis, smooth, as opposed to rough.
Lageniform, gourd-shaped.
Lagopous, Latin, hare-footed; densely clothed with long soft hairs.
Lamellar or Lamellate, consisting of flat plates, Lamellæ.
Lamina, a plate or blade, the blade of a leaf, &c., [49].
Lanate, Lanose, woolly; clothed with long and soft entangled hairs.