Lycium carolinianum
— Noun
– English
~ spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
Lycium halimifolium
— Noun
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~ deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
lycium
— Noun
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~ deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions
Lycium barbarum
— Noun
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~ deciduous erect or spreading shrub with spiny branches and violet-purple flowers followed by orange-red berries; southeastern Europe to China
lycopene
— Noun
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~ carotenoid that makes tomatoes red; may lower the risk of prostate cancer
Lycoperdaceae
— Noun
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~ a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs
lycoperdales
— Noun
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~ small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies; includes puffballs and earthstars
Lycoperdon
— Noun
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~ genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium
Lycophyta
— Noun
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~ used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses
lycopod
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~ primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
Lycopodiaceae
— Noun
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~ a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales
Lycopodiales
— Noun
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~ lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae
Lycopodiate
— Noun
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~ club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
Lycopodineae
— Noun
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~ alternative designation for the class Lycopsida
Lycopodium
— Noun
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~ type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations