Defn: A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name. Gray.
LLAMA
Lla"ma, n. Etym: [Peruv.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes.
LLANDEILO GROUP
Llan*dei"lo group`. (Geol.)
Defn: A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great
Britain; — so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of
Geology.
LLANERO
Lla*ne"ro, n. Etym: [Sp. Amer.]
Defn: One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.
LLANO
Lla"no, n.; pl. Llanos. Etym: [Sp., plain even, level. See Plain.]
Defn: An extensive plain with or without vegetation. [Spanish
America]
LLOYD'S
Lloyd's, n.