n. [ Corrupted fr. fleur-de-lis. ] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north temperate zone. Some of the best known are Iris Germanica, I. Florentina, I. Persica, I. sambucina, and the American I. versicolor, I. prismatica, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. interlucens, p. pr. See Inter-, and Lucent. ] Shining between. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of involucre, or involucrum: cf. F. involucelle. ] (Bot.) A partial, secondary, or small involucre. See Illust. of Involucre. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Furnished with involucels. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Involucella [ NL. ] See Involucel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. lus, L. lucius a kind of fish. ] (Zool.) A pike when full grown. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being lucent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lucens, p. pr. of lucere to shine, fr. lux, lucis, light. ] Shining; bright; resplendent. “ The sun's lucent orb.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymology uncertain. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland. [ 1913 Webster ]

My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt
Beasts of most rapine. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx). [ Written also lusern and luzern. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern
I know to chase. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. luzerne. ] (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa. [ Written also lucerne. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lucerna. ] A lamp. [ Obs. ] Lydgate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lucerna a lamp. ] Of or pertaining to a lamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the instrument, or on a screen independent of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. lucerna a lamp. ] (Zool.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. -- n. One of the Lucernarida. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Lucernaria. ] (Zool.) (a) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa. (b) A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true Lucernarida and the Discophora. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Lucern, the plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. merluche, merlus. ] (Zool.) The European hake; -- called also herring hake and sea pike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. relucens, p. pr. relucere. See Lucent. ] Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gorgeous banners to the sun expand
Their streaming volumes of relucent gold. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not perfectly translucent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Translucency; as, the tralucency of a gem. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tralucens, translucens, p. pr. See Translucent. ] Translucent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The air's tralucent gallery. Sir. J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being translucent; clearness; partial transparency. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. [ L. translucens, -entis, p. pr. of translucere to shine through; trans across, through = lucere to shine. See Lucid. ] 1. Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Transparent; clear. [ Poetic ] “Fountain or fresh current . . . translucent, pure.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Replenished from the cool, translucent springs. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Translucent, Transparent. A thing is translucent when it merely admits the passage of light, without enabling us to distinguish the color and outline of objects through it; it is transparent when we can clearly discern objects placed on the other side of it. Glass, water, etc., are transparent; ground glass is translucent; a translucent style. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a translucent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
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See impressionable.
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See knowable.
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See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
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See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
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See marketable.
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See marvelous.
See masculine.
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See matronlike.
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