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- e-
- without, ("emarginatus" = without a margin") ALSO out of, out from ("erumpens" = "breaking out of")
- eben-
- referring to ivory ("ebenaceus")
- echin-
- referring to a bristle, prickle, spine (hedgehog) (_Echinocereus_, a cactus genus)
- edul-
- edible ("edulis")
- elae-
- referring to the olive ("elaeiformis" = "shpaed like an olive")
- elat-
- tall ("elata")
- eleg-
- referring to elegance ("elegantissima")
- elepha-
- referring to an elephant (_Phytelephas_ = "Elephant Plant," a palm genus noted for the hard, white endosperm of the seeds, which can be worked like ivory)
- ens-
- referring to a sword ("ensiformis" = "formed like a sword" / "ensifolia" = "sword + leaf" / "ensata)
- -ense
- native to ("canariense" = "native to the Canary Islands")
- -ensis
- native to ("canadensis")
- entom-
- referring to insects ("entomophilus" = "insect-loving")
- epi-
- upon (_Epigaea_ = "on the ground")
- equ-
- .referring to horses ("equinus")
- aequator-
- referring to equatorial regions ("aequatorialis")
- equin- / equis-
- referring to horses (_Equisetum_, the horsetail genus) ("equisetifolia" = "horse" + "hair" + "leaf")
- erem-
- solitary, deserted (therefore usually refers to a desert) (_Eremurus_ = "desert + tail")
- eri- / erio-
- referring to wool ("eriospatha" = "hairy spathe" / "eriocarpa" = "wooly fruit")
- erica-
- referring to the genus _Erica_, the Heath ("ericoides")
- erina-
- referring to spines, a hedgehog (_Erinacea_)
- eros-
- jagged ("erosus")
- erubescens
- retiring, blushing - usually referring to color - literally, "emitting rose-color"
- erythr-
- .red (_Erythrina_, the tropical coral-tree)
- escul-
- edible ("esculentum")
- eu-
- well, good, normal, complete (_Eucalyptus_, "well" and
calypt (kalypt, calypt = "covered," referring to the seed capsules) ("eumorpha" = "well-formed")
- ex-
- out of, from (_Exorrhiza_ = "from the root")
- exalt-
- very high, tall, lofty ("exaltata")
- excel-
- exalted, lofty, high, tall ("excelsus" / "excelsior")
- exci-
- cut ("excisus")
- exigu-
- small, lowly ("exiguus")
- exim-
- distinguished ("eximia")
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