Lanceolate : lance - shaped : several times longer than wide. broadest toward the base and tapering to apex Latex : the milky juice of some plants like Excoecaria agallocha. Leaflet : one of the divisions of a compound leaf Lenticel : pocket of corky cells on woody stem or root allowing exchange of gases between interior of plant and atmosphere. Lobe : any segment of an organ especially if rounded. Lanceolate: shaped like a lance-head. Legume: fruit of pea-family members. Lenticelled: with pores on the bark. Ligule: a membranous strap-shaped organ, usually in grasses at the base of the leaf inside. Lodicule: small thickenned scaly structures in the flowers of grasses. Lomentum: a legume with constructions between
the seeds dehiscing along the constrictions and falling apart on maturity.
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