E Flashcards
Ebracteate
without bracts
Echinate
spiny or bristly
Elaiosome
oily appendage on seeds-see Macarthuria
Ellipsoid
an elliptic solid body
Elliptic
oblong and broadest across the middle with narrow rounded ends
Emarginate
a shallow notch at the summit as of a leaf
Embryo
the young plant still enclosed by the seed coat; consists of plumule, radicle, and one or more cotyledons
Endemic
peculiar to the state or country and not native elsewhere, e.g. species endemic to the S.W. Province of W.A.
Endosperm
food tissue, usually surrounding the embryo
Entire
without teeth or lobes
Ephemeral
a short-lived plant
Epicalyx
a calvx-like- structure outside but close to the true calyx( e.g. in Malva).
Epicarp
the outer layer (skin) of the wall of a fruit
Epigynous
applied to a flower when the sepals. petals and stamens are attached above the ovary. i.e. when the ovary is inferior.
Epipertalous
inserted upon the corolla. e.g. stamens