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Ligules
Ligule A strap-shaped organ. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification. Did you know? Grass specialists often identify grasses by the ligule at the junction of the leaf blade and sheath.
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Limbs
Limb A tree branch or the expanded part of a petal or leaf.
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line-shaped, Linears, narrow
Linear Straight and narrow. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Lobates
Lobate In the form of a lobe. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.
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Lobes
Lobe A projecting portion or segment, usually referring to a leaf Did you know? Maple and oak leaves are easy to recognize partly because of their distinctive lobes and sinuses.
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Locular, Loculars, Locules, Loculicidal, Loculicidals
Locule A seed-containing cell within a fruit or the pollen-containing compartment within an anther. Did you know? Tomato seed chambers are locules; each juicy section contains seeds attached to the inner fruit wall.
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Lodicules
Lodicule Paired rudimentary scales at the base of the ovary in grass flowers
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Macrofungis
Macrofungi Fungi visible to the naked eye. This feature helps describe mushroom structure, spore production, or fungal identification.
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Margins
Margin Edge, usually referring to a leaf. Botanists use this feature to describe leaf shape, surface, edge, or arrangement, which helps with plant identification.
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Mesics, moderately moist, moist
Mesic Moist. This term helps explain how a plant grows, survives, spreads, or fits into its habitat.
