Defn: An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.
LADY'S TRACES; LADIES' TRESSES; LADIES TRESSES
La"dy's tra"ces, La"dies' tress"es. (Bot.)
Defn: A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.
LAELAPS
Læ"laps, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ( (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.
LAEMMERGEYER
Laem"mer*gey`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Lammergeir.
LAEMODIPOD
Læ*mod"i*pod, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Læmodipoda.
LAEMODIPODA
Læ`mo*dip"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)