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Echinasea:Family Brauneria. Purple Cone Flower. When made into a tea, it is 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 woolen 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 originally 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.
expenditureTo 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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