lateral. On the side; as a flower or leaf borne on the side of a shoot rather than at its end. See [terminal].
leaflet. One of the divisions or parts of a compound leaf.
legume. Like a follicle, but opening along both edges. In some cases, as in peanut, the pod does not actually open.
leguminous plants are those that bear legumes or true pods, as peas, beans, clovers, alfalfa, vetch, sweet pea, peanut, locusts, red-bud.
lenticel. Very small spots or corky elevations on young twigs, marking the place of former twig stomates.
locule. One cavity or “cell” in a pistil or anther.
loculicidal. Said of capsules when the carpels or compartments open between the partitions.
mesophyll. The parenchyma in the leaf.
micropyle. The place on the seed at which the pollen-tube entered when the seed was forming (when impregnation took place).
monocotyledon. Having one cotyledon or seed-leaf.