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Use for: leech

• any of numerous carnivorous or bloodsucking usually freshwater annelid worms (class Hirudinea) that have typically a flattened lanceolate segmented body with a sucker at each end

• a large genus of herbs (family Montiaceae) of western North America with linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers.

• any of numerous complex plant-like organisms made up of an alga or a cyanobacterium and a fungus growing in symbiotic association on a solid surface (such as on a rock or the bark of trees)

• the lily family of the flowering plants consisting of herbs and shrubs, native primarily to temperate and subtropical regions. Members of the family usually have six-segmented flowers and three-chambered capsular fruits; occasionally the fruits are berries. The leaves usually have parallel veins and are clustered at the base of the plant but may alternate along the stem or be arranged in whorls. Most species have an underground storage structure, such as a bulb.
• The family is important for its many garden ornamentals and houseplants, especially Erythronium, fritillary (Fritillaria), lily (Lilium), and tulip (Tulipa).

Use for: lilies, lily

• a genus of herbaceous flowering plants of the family Liliaceae, native to temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
• Many lilies are prized as ornamental plants, and they have been extensively hybridized.

Use for: club moss

• Family of seedless vascular plants constituting the only family of the lycophyte order Lycopodiales. The taxonomy of the family has been contentious, and the number of genera vary depending on the source. The plants are native mainly to tropical mountains but are also common in northern forests of both hemispheres.

• any of a large genus (Lycopodium) of erect or creeping club mosses with reduced or scalelike evergreen leaves