Native Plants
Botanical Glossary
Glossary of commonly used botanical terms and their definitions.
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| Diurnal | Open during the day and closed at night. | |
| Drupe | Fruit with exocarp or skin, fleshy mesocarp and hardened endocarp with seed inside. | |
| Elliptic | Shaped like an ellipse, resembling a flattened circle. | |
| Emarginate | Having a shallow notch at the tip. | |
| EMP | Eastern Mountains and Piedmont - NWPL Region | |
| Endangered | An animal or plant species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. | |
| Endemic | Occurring naturally only in a single geographic area. | |
| Entire | Said of margins without teeth or lobes. | |
| Escape | A cultivated plant that has gone wild. | |
| Evergreen | Remaining green and leafy through the winter. | |
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