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- Elliptic
- Arching margins of leaf which is pointed at both ends, about two times longer than wide.
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- Elongate
- Narrow, the length several times the width or thickness.
- Emarginate
- Slightly notched apex.
- Embryo
- The product of the egg and endosperm nuclei that forms the sporophyte in a developing seed.
- Embedded
- Appearing or growing as part of another structure.
- Endosperm
- Nutritive tissue near the embryo of the seed; develops from a fusion of polar nuclei and sperm nucleus.
- Entire
- A continuous margin without teeth or lobes.
- Epiblast
- A small, nonvasculated flap or flange of tissue on the side of the grass embryo axis opposite the scutellum.
- Equal
- Same length or width.
- Erect
- Upright in relation to the ground; perpendicular to the ground.
- Erose
- Irregularly toothed on the margins or at the apex; appearing to be chewed off.
- Exserted
- Protruding (e.g., the inflorescence from the sheath).