Echinasea:
Family Brauneria. Purple Cone Flower. When made into a tea, it iw generally thought to enhance the immune system.

ecosystem:
A self-sustained habitat.

effluent:
A stream flowing out of a larger body.

electrostatic:
(static electricity) An artificial electrical phenomenon observed when a resinous substance is rubbed with a piece of fur or wollen cloth.

environmentalist:
An expert on environmental problems.

enzymes:
Complex organic compounds which are catalysts.

enzymology:
The science that deals with the chemistry, biochemistry, and biology of enzymes.

eolian:
Of sand or rock matter, carried, produced, or formed by the wind.

Ephedra:
(Ephedra equisetina) A desert shrub from which is extracted ephedrine, a thermogenic aid oroginally used to relieve asthma. Also stimulates thermogenis (heat production).

equisetum:
(genus: equisetum) A group of plants, including horsetails and scouring rushes.

essential oils:
Any group of volatile oils derived from plants, having the smell and some other properties of the plant. Used in medicine and perfume.

ester:
One of a class of compounds that hydrolysis yield one or more molecules of an acid and one or more molecules of an alcohol.

esters:
A group of chemicals resulting from the combination of an acid and an alcohol.

ethanol:
(C2H5OH) Grain alcohol. Poisonous, but not to the degree of methanol. Found in alcoholic drinks. Results from the fermentation of grain or fruit.

ethylene:
A colorless, flammable gas.

eutrophication:
The aging process of a body of water choked by plant life.

expenditure
To use up.

extrapolated:
The result or inference, after it has undergone extrapolation.

extrapolation:
To infer that which is not known from that which is known.

eyebright:
(Euphrasia officinalis) An herb formerly used to treat diseases of the eye.
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