eggfruit
The fruit of the canistel tree (Lucuma campechiana), native to Central America and cultivated in tropical regions.
The fruit of the lucmo tree (Lucuma bifera), closely related to the canistel and native to the Andean region of South America.

eggfruits
plural of eggfruit

eggnest
Synonym of ootheca.

eggnests
plural of eggnest

eggplant
The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine.
A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit.
A black person; used mainly by Italian-Americans.
A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall.

eggplants
plural of eggplant

ehrhartoid
Any grass of the subfamily Ehrhartoideae (now known as Oryzoideae)

ehrhartoids
plural of ehrhartoid

ehuawa
Cyperus laevigatus, a species of sedge.

eigenpalm
The eigenmap that provides a biometric description of a palm.

eigenpalms
plural of eigenpalm

eigensheaf
Any sheaf whose value is based on an eigenfunction

eigensheaves
plural of eigensheaf

ekaha
Asplenium nidus, an epiphytic fern.

ekki
The hard timber of the tree Lophira alata.

ektexine
Synonym of sexine.

ektexines
plural of ektexine

elachi
Synonym of elaichi (“cardamom”).

elaeagnus
Any plant of the genus Elaeagnus.

elaeagnuses
plural of elaeagnus

elaeocarp
Any the Elaeocarpaceae family of trees.

elaeocarps
plural of elaeocarp

elaeoptene
The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substances, such as rose oil.

elaeoptenes
plural of elaeoptene

elaichi
cardamom

elaichis
plural of elaichi

elaiophore
A plant organ that secretes oil.

elaiophores
plural of elaiophore

elaoptene
Alternative form of elaeoptene.

elaoptenes
plural of elaoptene

elcaja
Trichilia emetica, an Arabian tree whose fruit is an emetic.

elderberries
plural of elderberry

elderberry
Any shrub or tree of the genus Sambucus;
The small, edible, purplish-black fruit of this plant, used in cooking and to flavour drinks etc.

elderbush
The bush on which the elderberry grows.

elderbushes
plural of elderbush

elderwood
The wood of the elder tree.

elderwort
danewort (Sambucus ebulus)

elemi
A tree, Canarium luzonicum, native to the Philippines.
A resin harvested from the tree.

elemis
plural of elemi

eleoptene
Alternative spelling of elaeoptene.

elkslip
A North American flowering plant of species Caltha leptosepala.

elkslips
plural of elkslip

elkwood
The soft, spongy wood of Magnolia grandiflora or related species.

elmtree
Alternative form of elm tree.

elmtrees
plural of elmtree

elodeid
A stem plant that completes its entire life cycle submerged, or with only its flowers above the waterline.

elodeids
plural of elodeid

emajagua
The flowering plant Hibiscus pernambucensis.

embira
Any of several related Brazilian trees of the genus Xylopia, or the bast fiber they yield.

embuia
Alternative form of imbuia.

embuias
plural of embuia

emeri
wood of the idigbo tree

emoloa
Synonym of kalamalo (“the grass Eragrostis variabilis”).

emophyte
Any plant that grows completely submerged.

emophytes
plural of emophyte

enation
A small outgrowth on the surface of a plant organ.
The generation of such an outgrowth.
The property of being enate.

enations
plural of enation

encarpi
plural of encarpus

encarpus
An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.

encarpuses
plural of encarpus

encelia
Any plant of the genus Encelia.

encelias
plural of encelia

encenillo
Weinmannia tormentosa, a tree native to the Andean region of Colombia.

encenillos
plural of encenillo

encina
holm oak, live oak, evergreen oak

encinas
plural of encina

endoaperture
An aperture in the inner layer of the sporoderm of a pollen grain

endoapertures
plural of endoaperture

endoclisis
Synonym of mesoclisis.

endogen
A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith.

endogens
plural of endogen

endomeristem
The meristem in a moss that produces the central strand.

endophloeum
The inner layer of tree bark.

endorhiza
monocotyledon; monocot.

endorhizae
plural of endorhiza

endorhizosphere
endophytic rhizosphere

endorhizospheres
plural of endorhizosphere

endosphere
All the endophytes of a plant

endospheres
plural of endosphere

engkala
The flowering tree Litsea garciae.

engordacabra
Dalea bicolor, a leguminous shrub of Mexico.

enramada
A shelter made with tree branches.

enramadas
plural of enramada

entomophyte
Any plant growing as a parasite within an insect or its larva

entomophytes
plural of entomophyte

entophyte
Any plant or fungus growing as a parasite within another organism.

entophytes
plural of entophyte

entrochi
plural of entrochus

entrochite
A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.

entrochites
plural of entrochite

entrochus
Synonym of entrochite.

eophyte
A fossil plant from the Silurian age

eophytes
plural of eophyte

eoplast
Any of several specialised organelles in plants and some protists

eoplasts
plural of eoplast

ephedra
Any plant of the genus Ephedra of gymnosperm shrubs.
A stimulant derived from the plant Ephedra sinica used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine and in over-the-counter weight-loss aids.

ephedras
plural of ephedra

ephemeroid
Any kind of short-lived plant.

ephemeroids
plural of ephemeroid

ephemerophyte
Any ephemeral plant, usually in the sense of native or naturalised plants having a short lifespan, but sometimes also in reference to annual plants which cannot sustainably propagate in an environment but can survive in it.

ephemerophytes
plural of ephemerophyte

epicuticle
The outermost portion of the cuticle of an arthropod or plant.

epicuticles
plural of epicuticle

epidendroid
Any orchid in the subfamily Epidendroideae.

epidendroids
plural of epidendroid

epidendrum
Any plant of the genus Epidendrum.

epidendrums
plural of epidendrum

epilith
A plant, fungus, or other organism that grows upon rock.

epiliths
plural of epilith

epilitsenolide
A butanolide present in plants of the genus Alseodaphne

epilobium
Any plant of the genus Epilobium.

epilobiums
plural of epilobium

epinasties
plural of epinasty

epinasty
The downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
A nastic movement which bends a plant part (e.g. a petal) outward.

epipelon
The cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae that live on or in association with fine-grained substrata or sand.

epipodophylloid
Synonym of epipodophyllotoxin.

epipodophylloids
plural of epipodophylloid

epipodophyllotoxin
Any of a group of complex lignans extracted from the root of the American mayapple plant (Podophyllum peltatum)

epipodophyllotoxins
plural of epipodophyllotoxin

episperm
The seed coat (outer, protective layer of the seed of a flowering plant).

episperms
plural of episperm

episphere
All the epiphytes of a plant.

epispheres
plural of episphere

episporangia
plural of episporangium

episporangium
The indusium of a fern when it overlies the sporangium, as in Aspidium.

epizoochore
A plant whose seeds are dispersed by epizoochory.

epizoochores
plural of epizoochore

equisetid
Any plant in the subclass Equisetidae; a horsetail.

equisetids
plural of equisetid

eremophyte
Any plant that grows in a desert or steppe environment

eremophytes
plural of eremophyte

ergasiophygophyte
Any formerly cultivated plant that has escaped into the wild.

ergasiophygophytes
plural of ergasiophygophyte

ergasiophyte
Any plant deliberately introduced to a region for cultivation.

ergasiophytes
plural of ergasiophyte

ericoids
plural of ericoid

erythroneurine
Any leaf-hopper of the tribe Erythroneurini

erythroneurines
plural of erythroneurine

erythronium
A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.
An early proposed name for vanadium.

escobita
An annual American herb of species Castilleja exserta.