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Epistemonous
Attached to, or inserted upon, the stamens.
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Episepalous
Borne upon the sepals.
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Epipterous
Winged, with a single terminal wing [unusual term].
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Epipodium
The first internode of an inflorescence above the prophyll.
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Epiphyte (adjective epiphytic)
Plant growing on and attached to another plant without deriving nourishment from it.
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Epiphyllous
Growing epiphytically on or from the leaf (e.g. epiphyllous mosses); An inflorescence growing from the leaf (as in Phylloclinium, Flacourtiaceae). Borne upon a leaf. Of an organ growing atop a leaf, as in the inflorescence of Helwingiaceae and Phyllonomaceae.
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Epipetalous
(Usually referring to stamens) united with the petals, often appearing as if implanted on the petals. Borne upon the petals.
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Epipeltate
Of any stalked structure, but especially leaves or stamens, in which the base of the organ is on the upper face and the stalk is attached to the abaxial surface [unusual and confusing term]; (Of anthers) dorsifixed, versatile and introrse.
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Epinastic
With the upper/adaxial surface growing faster than the lower/abaxial side, the whole structure becoming recurved to revolute.
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Epimatium
(In Podocarpaceae) swollen appendage of the ‘seed’ scale complex.
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