Flora of North America Glossary
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| Term | Synonyms | Category | Limitation | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| epigeal | = epigeous | location | Upon or very near the surface of the ground; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. | |
| epigeous | = epigeal | location | Upon or very near the surface of the ground; esp. of cotyledons following seed germination. | |
| epigynous | insertion | perianth, calyx, corolla, androecium | Having its proximal portion adnate to the full length of the gynoecium, the free portion thus arising from the apex of the gynoecium. See also hypogynous, perigynous. | |
| epinastic | development | laminar structure | Having the adaxial surface differentiating and growing faster than the abaxial surface, thus, until maturity, development of the former more advanced than that of the latter at any given time and the structure as a whole revolute or recurved. | |
| epipetalous | insertion | Upon the petals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. | ||
| epipetalous | position | Upon the petals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. | ||
| epiphyllous | insertion | Upon the leaves, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. | ||
| epiphyllous | position | Upon the leaves, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. | ||
| epiphytic | habit | plant | Physically supported in its entirety by another plant through all or the major part of its life. | |
| epipterous | solid shape | Alate with a single terminal wing. | ||
| epirhizal | insertion | Upon or arising from the roots. | ||
| epirhizal | position | Upon or arising from the roots. | ||
| episepalous | insertion | Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. | ||
| episepalous | position | Upon the sepals, or partially adnate thereto and apparently arising therefrom. | ||
| epistom(at)ic | = epistomatous | architecture | foliaceous structure | Having stomata on only the adaxial surface. |
| epistomatous | = epistom(at)ic | architecture | foliaceous structure | Having stomata on only the adaxial surface. |
| epulvinate | architecture | inflorescence axis, petiole | Lacking a pulvinus. | |
| equal | size | equivalent structures | Essentially uniform in extent. See also subequal, unequal. | |
| equatorial ridge | FEATURE | A circumferential ring about a megaspore in the plane of its equator, raised above the remainder of the wall surface; in some heterosporous taxa of Polypodiophyta. | ||
| equitant | arrangement | Alternate, distichous, basal, and congested, each conduplicate with its lateral edges overlapping and/or overlapped by those of the immediately adjacent one(s). | ||
| eradicate | = rootless | architecture | plant | Lacking a root. |
| eramous | = unbranched | architecture | axis, laminar vein | Not branching at any point. |
| erect | orientation | Perpendicular to the horizon or to the general plane of a bearing structure. | ||
| eroded | = erose | relief | Having rough, very irregular depressions throughout. | |
| erose 1 | margin | Having rough, very irregular depressions throughout. |
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