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Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "budgerigar", "budgereegah", "budgerygah", "budgie", "grass parakeet", "shell parakeet" ] } ] }, "lory": { "word": "lory", "wordset_id": "ba824d3fa4", "meanings": [ { "id": "f92634127b", "def": "small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lorikeet": { "word": "lorikeet", "wordset_id": "4999619b64", "meanings": [ { "id": "9973eb1ea8", "def": "any of various small lories", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "leipoa": { "word": "leipoa", "wordset_id": "e62a50ea8e", "meanings": [ { "id": "71e0698176", "def": "Australian mound bird", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mallee fowl" ] } ] }, "lowan": { "word": "lowan", "wordset_id": "e591d949df", "meanings": [ { "id": "707fc425ad", "def": "Australian mound bird", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ 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"id": "4f63bcc0b9", "def": "small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "measuring worm" ] } ] }, "large white": { "word": "large white", "wordset_id": "d04b3d4cf7", "meanings": [ { "id": "ab4b6f0798", "def": "Old World form of cabbage butterfly", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lepidopterous insect": { "word": "lepidopterous insect", "wordset_id": "632fe4e0ca", "meanings": [ { "id": "4ae516f641", "def": "insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lepidopteron", "lepidopteran" ] } ] }, "lepidopteron": { "word": "lepidopteron", "wordset_id": "6d30a772bd", "meanings": [ { "id": "409f372daf", "def": "insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lepidopterous insect" ] } ] }, "lepidopteran": { "word": "lepidopteran", "wordset_id": "678e30b0e4", "meanings": [ { "id": 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roller": { "word": "leaf roller", "wordset_id": "882ba5fce7", "meanings": [ { "id": "a3c9411f00", "def": "moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leaf-roller" ] } ] }, "leaf-roller": { "word": "leaf-roller", "wordset_id": "400e2d22f9", "meanings": [ { "id": "01661c980f", "def": "moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leaf roller" ] } ] }, "lasiocampid moth": { "word": "lasiocampid moth", "wordset_id": "cdca92b21d", "meanings": [ { "id": "9060d95b44", "def": "medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lasiocampid" ] } ] }, "lappet": { "word": "lappet", "wordset_id": "7ecaa115a2", "meanings": [ { "id": "d7cd7a3ddf", "def": "medium-sized hairy moths", "example": "larvae are lappet caterpillars", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lappet moth" ] }, { "id": "197d1c8fcb", "def": 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colored tropical filefishes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leatherfish" ] } ] }, "lagomorph": { "word": "lagomorph", "wordset_id": "bbf8426c0d", "meanings": [ { "id": "671466f411", "def": "relative large gnawing animals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "gnawing mammal" ] } ] }, "leporid": { "word": "leporid", "wordset_id": "cae70ff565", "meanings": [ { "id": "81647f710b", "def": "rabbits and hares", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leporid mammal" ] } ] }, "leporid mammal": { "word": "leporid mammal", "wordset_id": "066f24d383", "meanings": [ { "id": "d236bd47ed", "def": "rabbits and hares", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leporid" ] } ] }, "lamp shell": { "word": "lamp shell", "wordset_id": "e72b325cf4", "meanings": [ { "id": "e81171f423", "def": "marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brachiopod" ] } ] }, "lampshell": { "word": "lampshell", "wordset_id": 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[ { "id": "bc289fc8a4", "def": "lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lowland white fir", "giant fir", "grand fir" ] } ] }, "lowland white fir": { "word": "lowland white fir", "wordset_id": "4464547024", "meanings": [ { "id": "144a9c54bc", "def": "lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lowland fir" ] } ] }, "lancewood": { "word": "lancewood", "wordset_id": "10d8d1d8d5", "meanings": [ { "id": "ac33f0cfed", "def": "source of most of the lancewood of commerce", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lancewood tree" ] }, { "id": "277bf432e9", "def": "durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lancewood tree": { "word": "lancewood tree", "wordset_id": "9582c1e843", "meanings": [ { "id": "309d28c924", "def": "source of most of the lancewood of commerce", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lancewood" ] }, { "id": "0a77fc806b", "def": "tropical American tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "laurelwood" ] } ] }, "lamellate placentation": { "word": "lamellate placentation", "wordset_id": "deba7406a5", "meanings": [ { "id": "ae5b083a1b", "def": "with ovules on thin extensions of the placentae into a compound ovary", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "liliopsid": { "word": "liliopsid", "wordset_id": "7898fac0d1", "meanings": [ { "id": "b3e01723d8", "def": "a monocotyledonous flowering plant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "monocot" ] } ] }, "lardizabala family": { "word": "lardizabala family", "wordset_id": "d9d2271210", "meanings": [ { "id": "3a3fb9171b", "def": "thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "large-leaved magnolia": { "word": "large-leaved magnolia", "wordset_id": "3172ac2f3b", "meanings": [ { "id": "749921c4b3", "def": "large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "large-leaved cucumber tree", "great-leaved macrophylla" ] } ] }, "large-leaved cucumber tree": { "word": "large-leaved cucumber tree", "wordset_id": "0a8ed68dbf", "meanings": [ { "id": "129033dc8f", "def": "large deciduous shrub or tree of southeastern United States having huge leaves in dense false whorls and large creamy flowers tinged purple toward the base", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "large-leaved magnolia" ] } ] }, "laurel family": { "word": "laurel family", "wordset_id": "d34f1475ab", "meanings": [ { "id": "d53da0ddb2", "def": "a family of Lauraceae", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "laurel-tree": { "word": "laurel-tree", "wordset_id": "fd0020d2ca", "meanings": [ { "id": "2919a3228f", "def": "small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red bay" ] } ] }, "lotus": { "word": "lotus", "wordset_id": "d6b75d464d", "meanings": [ { "id": "57517ab12d", "def": "white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white lotus", "white lily" ] }, { "id": "c420c43b8f", "def": "native to eastern Asia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sacred lotus" ] } ] }, "large-flowering magnolia": { "word": "large-flowering magnolia", "wordset_id": "9a643f5762", "meanings": [ { "id": "69829625e1", "def": "evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "southern magnolia" ] } ] }, "leather flower": { "word": "leather flower", "wordset_id": "9c34cd1e8d", "meanings": [ { "id": "491d18536d", "def": "woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "79746acbd0", "def": "scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "vase-fine", "vase vine" ] } ] }, "lion's beard": { "word": "lion's beard", "wordset_id": "9abba4e7a5", "meanings": [ { "id": "2b2488d621", "def": "short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild crocus" ] } ] }, "longheaded thimbleweed": { "word": "longheaded thimbleweed", "wordset_id": "8d7d38a280", "meanings": [ { "id": "1ec1de69f5", "def": "thimbleweed of northern North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "larkspur": { "word": "larkspur", "wordset_id": "a3ea74b7dc", "meanings": [ { "id": "c43ac8f80a", "def": "any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lesser celandine": { "word": "lesser celandine", "wordset_id": "bfa7b44dd9", "meanings": [ { "id": "c3715b6508", "def": "perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pilewort" ] } ] }, "lesser spearwort": { "word": "lesser spearwort", "wordset_id": "6b07393482", "meanings": [ { "id": "3e9365c3cd", "def": "semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lenten rose": { "word": "lenten rose", "wordset_id": "1e3c41568b", "meanings": [ { "id": "9b637db76c", "def": "slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black hellebore" ] } ] }, "liverleaf": { "word": "liverleaf", "wordset_id": "7f722f87b2", "meanings": [ { "id": "27f120370b", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hepatica" ] } ] }, "love-in-a-mist": { "word": "love-in-a-mist", "wordset_id": "eea147c96d", "meanings": [ { "id": "0f7d1dfdb6", "def": "European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "9cfbc16c14", "def": "chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "snow-in-summer" ] }, { "id": "be111daebc", "def": "tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "running pop", "wild water lemon" ] } ] }, "lesser yellow trefoil": { "word": "lesser yellow trefoil", "wordset_id": "515570d82b", "meanings": [ { "id": "a493443ff3", "def": "clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hop clover" ] } ] }, "lead tree": { "word": "lead tree", "wordset_id": "6b84579362", "meanings": [ { "id": "efd97253ae", "def": "low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white popinac" ] } ] }, "live-and-die": { "word": "live-and-die", "wordset_id": "97d9846728", "meanings": [ { "id": "b0c5215779", "def": "prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sensitive plant" ] } ] }, "legume family": { "word": "legume family", "wordset_id": "62b140f066", "meanings": [ { "id": "31ac887d32", "def": "a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pea family" ] } ] }, "leguminous plant": { "word": "leguminous plant", "wordset_id": "1cee32cb48", "meanings": [ { "id": "7cd2a72b9a", "def": "an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "legume" ] } ] }, "lightwood": { "word": "lightwood", "wordset_id": "fb17db0be1", "meanings": [ { "id": "0108ba9b82", "def": "tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "large periwinkle": { "word": "large periwinkle", "wordset_id": 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"meanings": [ { "id": "4b87f073fc", "def": "highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "living rock", "stone mimicry plant" ] } ] }, "living rock": { "word": "living rock", "wordset_id": "a25d8f7c8e", "meanings": [ { "id": "cbabe20ec7", "def": "highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "living granite" ] }, { "id": "b5776b86e4", "def": "usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "love-lies-bleeding": { "word": "love-lies-bleeding", "wordset_id": "6f12920a76", "meanings": [ { "id": "c65432dfa0", "def": "young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tassel flower" ] } ] }, "lychnis": { "word": "lychnis", "wordset_id": "64ed6be6ef", "meanings": [ { "id": "4f9fe7d97f", "def": "mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "catchfly" ] } ] }, "lamb's-quarters": { "word": "lamb's-quarters", "wordset_id": "8816d074e7", "meanings": [ { "id": "932f890ba6", "def": "common weedy European plant introduced into North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pigweed" ] } ] }, "lady's smock": { "word": "lady's smock", "wordset_id": "a88a391e5e", "meanings": [ { "id": "0ef9ddba1f", "def": "a bitter cress of Europe and America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cuckoo flower" ] } ] }, "land cress": { "word": "land cress", "wordset_id": "fd1aee1b64", "meanings": [ { "id": "451d883e08", "def": "of southwestern Europe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "early winter cress" ] } ] }, "lacepod": { "word": "lacepod", "wordset_id": "70b649ce97", "meanings": [ { "id": "3703b3c25b", "def": "annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fringepod" ] } ] }, "lyreflower": { "word": "lyreflower", "wordset_id": "8102c7696a", "meanings": [ { "id": "10bafad74a", "def": "garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bleeding heart" ] } ] }, "lyre-flower": { "word": "lyre-flower", "wordset_id": "97dae72355", "meanings": [ { "id": "47f6fae07f", "def": "garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bleeding heart" ] } ] }, "lesser burdock": { "word": "lesser burdock", "wordset_id": "b34dd9410c", "meanings": [ { "id": "65c5550d9c", "def": "a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common burdock" ] } ] }, "large-leaved aster": { "word": "large-leaved aster", "wordset_id": "2b84e1f696", "meanings": [ { "id": "502aa59a39", "def": "tufted perennial wood aster of North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lamb succory": { "word": "lamb succory", "wordset_id": "2132a17152", "meanings": [ { "id": "87f5174b72", "def": "small European herb with small yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "late purple aster": { "word": "late purple aster", "wordset_id": "a9ca0e4114", "meanings": [ { "id": "aa6f2608eb", "def": "a variety of aster", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "annual salt-marsh aster" ] } ] }, "lad's love": { "word": "lad's love", "wordset_id": "f29658f479", "meanings": [ { "id": "8cda9666d4", "def": "aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "absinthe" ] } ] }, "ladies' tobacco": { "word": "ladies' tobacco", "wordset_id": "eefa33253c", "meanings": [ { "id": "d87482a097", "def": "North American perennial propagated by means of runners", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lady's tobacco" ] } ] }, "lady's tobacco": { "word": "lady's tobacco", "wordset_id": "7319b94f6d", "meanings": [ { "id": "b9751a2030", "def": "North American perennial propagated by means of runners", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ladies' tobacco" ] } ] }, "leopard's-bane": { "word": "leopard's-bane", "wordset_id": "a71eddd4a3", "meanings": [ { "id": "a23aac5c77", "def": "any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leopardbane" ] } ] }, "leopardbane": { "word": "leopardbane", "wordset_id": "1a764b60f9", "meanings": [ { "id": "2f75625ae0", "def": "any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leopard's-bane" ] } ] }, "lesser knapweed": { "word": "lesser knapweed", "wordset_id": "578196d83f", "meanings": [ { "id": "23f6924ff5", "def": "a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black knapweed", "hardheads" ] } ] }, "little-head snakeweed": { "word": "little-head snakeweed", "wordset_id": "6b20d34e3c", "meanings": [ { "id": "7aba33f642", "def": "similar to Gutierrezia sarothrae but with flower heads having fewer rays and disk flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lion's foot": { "word": "lion's foot", "wordset_id": "190f68aaf4", "meanings": [ { "id": "4363ce1ef4", "def": "common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "gall of the earth" ] } ] }, "leopard plant": { "word": "leopard plant", "wordset_id": "06e91fbef9", "meanings": [ { "id": "ad997e796e", "def": "any of various plants of temperate Eurasia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "long-head coneflower": { "word": "long-head coneflower", "wordset_id": "f90e155548", "meanings": [ { "id": "e24bf020f0", "def": "plant similar to the Mexican hat coneflower", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "prairie coneflower" ] } ] }, "lady's thistle": { "word": "lady's thistle", "wordset_id": "ae2288f36c", "meanings": [ { "id": "e44d4cb227", "def": "tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blessed thistle" ] } ] }, "lavender cotton": { "word": "lavender cotton", "wordset_id": "e75c8cc731", "meanings": [ { "id": "120cce0d53", "def": "branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "large yellow lady's slipper": { "word": "large yellow lady's slipper", "wordset_id": "da9be6dc99", "meanings": [ { "id": "2ed2d47461", "def": "plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "little golden zinnia": { "word": "little golden zinnia", "wordset_id": "a1703e6670", "meanings": [ { "id": "65a865328d", "def": "subshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange rays", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "loasa family": { "word": "loasa family", "wordset_id": "b552c4507d", "meanings": [ { "id": "77dd1c33e3", "def": "family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "loasa": { "word": "loasa", "wordset_id": "b404714643", "meanings": [ { "id": "677a084b8f", "def": "any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lady's slipper": { "word": "lady's slipper", "wordset_id": "71b8852d74", "meanings": [ { "id": "8d1af7bb2b", "def": "any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lady-slipper", "ladies' slipper", "slipper orchid" ] } ] }, "lady-slipper": { "word": "lady-slipper", "wordset_id": "c4a2b3a6d3", "meanings": [ { "id": "668f48a0d8", "def": "any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lady's slipper" ] } ] }, "ladies' slipper": { "word": "ladies' slipper", "wordset_id": "fd4f07c3c8", "meanings": [ { "id": "66c9718afa", "def": "any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lady's slipper" ] } ] }, "lesser butterfly orchid": { "word": "lesser butterfly orchid", "wordset_id": "cc863cf126", "meanings": [ { "id": "e221c6083e", "def": "south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lizard orchid": { "word": "lizard orchid", "wordset_id": "bec08c445c", "meanings": [ { "id": "8926b586dd", "def": "an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "laelia": { "word": "laelia", "wordset_id": "7143db4a98", "meanings": [ { "id": 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bark is used for cordage", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ribbonwood", "houhere" ] } ] }, "lomatia": { "word": "lomatia", "wordset_id": "3bfc9214ac", "meanings": [ { "id": "6354ec41e7", "def": "any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lambkill": { "word": "lambkill", "wordset_id": "74717e4a7e", "meanings": [ { "id": "e684f01c14", "def": "North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sheep laurel" ] } ] }, "leatherleaf": { "word": "leatherleaf", "wordset_id": "7f29f48f3d", "meanings": [ { "id": "f12d27b6a3", "def": "north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "c635d7c0c1", "def": "stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leathery 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"meanings": [ { "id": "497c289f76", "def": "small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "shingle oak" ] }, { "id": "fee46dfeb7", "def": "large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pin oak" ] } ] }, "liquidambar": { "word": "liquidambar", "wordset_id": "b5e69a099a", "meanings": [ { "id": "cd2b16bac4", "def": "any tree of the genus Liquidambar", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "e57659362b", "def": "aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet gum" ] } ] }, "loosestrife family": { "word": "loosestrife family", "wordset_id": "8494a1cfa1", "meanings": [ { "id": "4919e90f08", "def": "herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lady's-eardrop": { "word": "lady's-eardrop", "wordset_id": "1755e2729d", "meanings": [ { "id": "14840d3b62", "def": "erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ladies'-eardrop", "lady's-eardrops", "ladies'-eardrops" ] } ] }, "ladies'-eardrop": { "word": "ladies'-eardrop", "wordset_id": "2908c7041c", "meanings": [ { "id": "7e4dfd0f93", "def": "erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lady's-eardrop" ] } ] }, "lady's-eardrops": { "word": "lady's-eardrops", "wordset_id": "725c20b09a", "meanings": [ { "id": "3e236ef355", "def": "erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lady's-eardrop" ] } ] }, "ladies'-eardrops": { "word": "ladies'-eardrops", "wordset_id": "142db473fd", "meanings": [ { "id": "e1a3a57bc8", "def": "erect or climbing shrub of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lady's-eardrop" ] } ] }, "lemon-scented gum": { "word": "lemon-scented gum", "wordset_id": "c68ffdb949", "meanings": 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from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ladanum" ] }, { "id": "b6694aa3a2", "def": "a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "gum labdanum" ] } ] }, "ladanum": { "word": "ladanum", "wordset_id": "9b872b1025", "meanings": [ { "id": "2d9ca4b253", "def": "a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "labdanum" ] } ] }, "low St Andrew's cross": { "word": "low St Andrew's cross", "wordset_id": "96f34a8a3a", "meanings": [ { "id": "740806189e", "def": "low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "laurelwood": { "word": "laurelwood", "wordset_id": "1510a0503e", "meanings": [ { "id": "84188bff97", "def": "tropical American tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lancewood tree" ] } ] }, "lesser galangal": { "word": "lesser galangal", "wordset_id": "93fbda5238", "meanings": [ { "id": "9a09e165d1", "def": "Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "long-spurred violet": { "word": "long-spurred violet", "wordset_id": "25f4cb727b", "meanings": [ { "id": "a6c98e0990", "def": "violet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spur", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "love-in-idleness": { "word": "love-in-idleness", "wordset_id": "e0ab04dfe4", "meanings": [ { "id": "ed5c379b23", "def": "a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "heartsease" ] } ] }, "lily of the Nile": { "word": "lily of the Nile", "wordset_id": "e94fc0295b", "meanings": [ { "id": "6d5c540c10", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "agapanthus" ] } ] }, "little-leaf fig": { "word": "little-leaf fig", "wordset_id": "6446cf3c75", "meanings": [ { "id": "1e977d10a6", "def": "Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rusty rig" ] } ] }, "lily family": { "word": "lily family", "wordset_id": "bc5184d7eb", "meanings": [ { "id": "96db40b3fc", "def": "includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "liliaceous plant": { "word": "liliaceous plant", "wordset_id": "5e2b142134", "meanings": [ { "id": "350a3c8d1d", "def": "plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lily": { "word": "lily", "wordset_id": "ebccaaa74e", "meanings": [ { "id": "f96b05fce5", "def": "any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lady's leek": { "word": "lady's leek", "wordset_id": "9224efab4e", "meanings": [ { "id": "ac8c10494e", "def": "widely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "nodding onion" ] } ] }, "leopard lily": { "word": "leopard lily", "wordset_id": "519818298e", "meanings": [ { "id": "d1f9bf6495", "def": "garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blackberry-lily" ] }, { "id": "06fda109f1", "def": "lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tiger lily" ] }, { "id": "7e3f0faa4f", "def": "lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "panther lily" ] } ] }, "leper lily": { "word": "leper lily", "wordset_id": "cbe391dddf", "meanings": [ { "id": "f21b61f1db", "def": "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", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "snake's head fritillary" ] } ] }, "lady tulip": { "word": "lady tulip", "wordset_id": "a5857dafbb", "meanings": [ { "id": "8af8a517f3", "def": "Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "candlestick tulip" ] } ] }, "lily of the Incas": { "word": "lily of the Incas", "wordset_id": "f512046aee", "meanings": [ { "id": "5b27961561", "def": "an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lemon lily": { "word": "lemon lily", "wordset_id": "c4fb52fb4f", "meanings": [ { "id": "9bf28e14c0", "def": "a day lily with yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "lily of the valley": { "word": "lily of the valley", "wordset_id": "5591f04c31", "meanings": [ { "id": "14f8347e2d", "def": "low-growing perennial plant having usually two 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