Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring
long-spurred violet
Noun
violet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spur
love-in-idleness
Noun
a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
lily of the Nile
Noun
any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
little-leaf fig
Noun
Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament
lily family
Noun
includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae
liliaceous plant
Noun
plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
lily
Noun
any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
lady's leek
Noun
widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers
leopard lily
Noun
garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
leopard lily
Noun
lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
leopard lily
Noun
lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers
leper lily
Noun
Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times
lady tulip
Noun
Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base
lily of the Incas
Noun
an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers
lemon lily
Noun
a day lily with yellow flowers
lily of the valley
Noun
low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
lilyturf
Noun
Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers
lily turf
Noun
Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers
locust bean
Noun
long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp
locust pod
Noun
long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp
leadplant
Noun
shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers
lead plant
Noun
shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers
locust tree
Noun
any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
logwood
Noun
spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye
logwood
Noun
very hard brown to brownish-red heartwood of a logwood tree
lespedeza
Noun
shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States
lentil plant
Noun
widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
lupin
Noun
any plant of the genus Lupinus
licorice root
Noun
root of licorice used in flavoring e.g. candy and liqueurs and medicines
lucerne
Noun
important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
lady palm
Noun
any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis
latanier
Noun
fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region
latanier palm
Noun
fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region
lontar
Noun
tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar
longar palm
Noun
tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar
lawyer cane
Noun
tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia
long moss
Noun
dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots
loquat tree
Noun
evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone
laurel cherry
Noun
small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
laurel cherry
Noun
frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
lawyerbush
Noun
stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth
lawyer bush
Noun
stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth