Botany Dictionary

  • Esquamulose

    Esquamulose

    Lacking small scales; used to describe plant parts that are smooth or scale-free.

  • Estaurine

    Estaurine

    Pertaining to or found in estuaries, where freshwater and saltwater environments mix.

  • Etagere

    Etagere

    A plant stand or set of open shelves for displaying potted plants indoors or in greenhouses.

  • Ethion

    Ethion

    An organophosphate insecticide used to control pests on crops, but potentially harmful to the environment.

  • Etiolate

    Etiolate

    To grow pale and elongated due to lack of light, often seen in seedlings or indoor plants.

  • Etiolation

    Etiolation

    The process by which plants become pale and spindly when grown in insufficient light.

  • Eu-

    Eu-

    A prefix meaning true or good; used in taxonomy to denote a typical or well-developed form.

  • Eucamptodromous

    Eucamptodromous

    Describes a type of leaf venation where secondary veins curve upward and merge without reaching the margin.

  • Eucyclic

    Eucyclic

    Having floral parts arranged in regular whorls; describing a symmetrical flower structure.

  • Eusporanagiate

    Eusporanagiate

    Having sporangia that develop from a group of initial cells, as in some ferns and mosses.