Botany Dictionary

  • Exotesta

    Exotesta

    The outer layer of the seed coat, often hardened or ornamented.

  • Exotic

    Exotic

    A plant species introduced to a region where it is not native, often cultivated or naturalized.

  • Explanate

    Explanate

    Flattened or spread out, often referring to plant parts like leaves or petals.

  • Exserted

    Exserted

    Projecting beyond surrounding structures, such as stamens that extend beyond the petals.

  • Exstipulate

    Exstipulate

    Lacking stipules, which are small leaf-like structures at the base of leaf stalks.

  • Exsuccous

    Exsuccous

    Lacking juice or sap; dry in texture.

  • Extrafloral

    Extrafloral

    Located outside the flower; often refers to nectaries that attract ants or insects for plant defense.

  • Extrastaminal

    Extrastaminal

    Situated outside the stamens, usually describing the position of floral structures.

  • Extravaginal

    Extravaginal

    Growing outside the leaf sheath, often used to describe the emergence of grass shoots or tillers.

  • Extrorse

    Extrorse

    Facing outward; typically refers to anthers that release pollen away from the center of the flower.