Botany Dictionary

  • Edging

    Edging

    Plants grown along borders to define garden beds or pathways.

  • Efflorescence

    Efflorescence

    (1) The time or process of flowering; (2) A whitish crust of salts on soil or plant surfaces.

  • Efflorescent

    Efflorescent

    Producing flowers abundantly; or forming a powdery surface coating.

  • Effuse

    Effuse

    Loosely spreading or widely expanded (describing growth habits).

  • Eglandular

    Eglandular

    Lacking glands.

  • Elaisome

    Elaisome

    A fleshy appendage on some seeds that attracts ants for dispersal.

  • Elater

    Elater

    A hygroscopic appendage that aids in spore dispersal in liverworts and some ferns.

  • Electric hotbed

    Electric hotbed

    A heated propagation bed using electric cables to maintain soil temperature.

  • Eligulate

    Eligulate

    Lacking ligules (small appendages on leaves, especially in grasses).

  • Ellipsoid

    Ellipsoid

    A three-dimensional elliptical shape; oval in outline.