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Equal
Of the same number or length, as the case may be, of the body in comparison. (Of stem) Having a constant diameter from top to base.
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Epigaeous
Growing close upon the ground.
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Enneandrous
Having nine stamens.
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Effete
Past bearing.
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Echmate
Armed with prickles, Echinulate, a diminutive of it.
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Dumose
Bushy.
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Double
Flowers, so-called ; when the petals are unduly multiplied. Having more than the “natural” number of petals. The extra petals are formed from stamens, and where these are completely transformed the flower is apt to be sterile. A flower with only a few extra petals and enough stamens for fertility is described as “semi-double.” Having…
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Dissepiments
The partitions of an ovary or a fruit.
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Disk-floret
The flower of a disk in Compositae.
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Dipetalous
Two-petaled; diphyllous, two-leaved; dipterous, two-winged.
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