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Leaders
Leader The main upward growing stem of a single-trunked tree or shrub
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Leaflets
Leaflet A small sub-leaf" that together with others forms a single compound leaf"
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Leggies
Leggy With long, floppy stems, usually due to insufficient light. Term often applied to houseplants.
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Legumes
Legume A member of the pea family; a pea, or bean, or similar fruit
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Lemmae, lemmae, Lemmaes, Lemmas
Lemma The lower of the two bracts (lemma and palea), which subtend a grass floret, often partially surrounding the palea.
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Lenticelled, Lenticelleds, Lenticels
Lenticel A small corky spot on young bark made of loosely packed cells, providing gaseous exchange between the inner tissues and the atmosphere. Did you know? Cherry and birch bark show visible horizontal lenticels that act as breathing pores.
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Lenticulars
Lenticular Shaped like a lens - biconvex. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Leptomorphs
Leptomorph Reproducing by means of runners - as in running bamboos Did you know? Running bamboos spread by leptomorph rhizomes and may need underground barriers to keep them contained.
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Lignicolouses
Lignicolous Living on wood. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Ligulates
Ligulate Star shaped. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
