Glossary of terms

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Eda-bari: (eda-bari, eda-buri)

Термины Бонсай

Arrangement and form of branches.

Eda-jin: (eda-dzin)

Термины Бонсай

Branches artificially bleached.

Eda-nuki: (eda-nuki)

Термины Бонсай

Removal of excess branches

Empire

Ландшафтные термины

Artistic style of the era of Napoleon I, characterized by a tendency toward monumentality and order in artistic forms. It drew on late 18th-century classicism.

Totality; unity. A functionally linked assemblage of structures, vegetation, and other landscape elements brought into unity and given a distinct artistic appearance. Compositional integrity and architectural-spatial unity are the main cha…

Enfilade

Ландшафтные термины

A series of halls or rooms. In landscape architecture — a sequence of courtyards, individual enclosed green spaces connected to each other by passages aligned along a common axis.

Enclosure

Ландшафтные термины

A large cage, pavilion, or area enclosed by a ditch or mesh, for keeping birds or animals.

Eye (bud)

Cадовые термины

Bud.

Eye-spot

Термины фиалковеда

When describing flower coloration - a darkening of the primary color toward the center of the flower.

English parterre

Ландшафтные термины

A type of classic garden parterre characterized by a relatively simpler design formed using lawn and sand, sometimes incorporating flowers.

Erect stem

Термины кактусовода

Standing perpendicular to the substrate.

Enzymatic treatment

Термины кактусовода

Treatment of seeds with biological catalysts — enzymes, accelerating seed germination. Simulates the passage of seeds through the digestive tract of animals.

Enzymes [enzymes, biocatalysts]

Термины кактусовода

(From Latin fermentum - fermentation, leaven) specific proteins present in all living cells and playing the role of biological catalysts.

Espalier

Ландшафтные термины

A row of densely planted trees, pruned into a wall or trained on supports. The support is a wooden or metal lattice or wire stretched in several rows and attached to posts.

Evolution

Термины кактусовода

Irreversible development of plants in the historical aspect of their origin and subsequent life processes, accompanied by the formation and modification of the genetic composition of populations and their adaptation to the environment in t…

Edatop

Термины кактусовода

The set of soil characteristics of a given environment.

Exotics

Термины кактусовода

Plants cultivated or introduced by humans into areas where they did not occur naturally.

Ecological niche

Термины кактусовода

The physical space with its characteristic ecological conditions that determine the existence of an organism; the place of a species in nature.

Ecotype

Термины кактусовода

Genetically fixed, ecologically formed race (group of individuals of a single species).

Ecotope

Термины кактусовода

(From Greek oikos - dwelling, habitat, and topos - place) the aggregate of abiotic environmental conditions of a given site that constitutes the habitat for a particular plant community.

Elite plants

Термины кактусовода

The best representatives of a genus or species, selected from collections as source material for their further propagation.

Endemic

Термины кактусовода

(From Greek endemos - local) - a taxon (species, genus, family...) restricted in its distribution to a particular territory and not found anywhere else in the wild.

Endosperm

Термины кактусовода

(From Greek endon - inside and sperma - seed) - nutritive tissue that develops in the seed. In cacti it is absorbed by the embryo already at an early stage of development and in the seed is residually represented only by a thin film (not t…

Epidermis, epiderma

Термины кактусовода

(From Greek epi - on, above, over, and derma - skin) - the outermost, primary in origin covering (protective) tissue of leaves and stems, i.e., the plant's skin, almost always consisting of a layer of tightly packed cells, some of which fo…

Epicotyl

Термины кактусовода

Stem segment above the cotyledons (shoot).

Epiphyte

Термины по орихидеям

(From Greek Epi – on, phyton – plant) — a plant that lives on trees or shrubs and uses them only as support, but does not parasitize them.

Epiphytes

Специальные термины

The name itself (from the Greek - "on" and "plant") describes the lifestyle of these plants, which grow on the trunks and branches of trees, using them only as support. In nature, epiphytic plants grow high in the tree canopy, where they f…

Epiphytes (Epiphytic cacti)

Термины кактусовода

Cacti and plants in general that often grow on trees and other plants, but, unlike parasites, use their hosts only as a substrate for attachment and do not feed at their expense.

Erosion

Термины кактусовода

The destruction of rocks and soil, with the transfer of particles from one place to another under the influence of winds, heavy precipitation, and catastrophic events (earthquakes, eruptions, etc.).