Botanical Words Alphabetical List - EV

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION: 1. The loss of water from the soil by evaporation and plant transpiration. 2. Water on the surface taken away by water, wind, air, and elements.

EVERBLOOMER: A plant that blooms continuously throughout the growing season.

EVERGREEN: Keeping its leaves all year long, although losing some of the older leaves regularly throughout the year. Semi-evergreen plants only lose some leaves or lose older leaves only when new ones develop.

EVERLASTINGS: This describes plants whose flowers maintain their color, brightness and form long after being gathered.

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