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Across
- 2. crop grown for its fiber, like cotton and flax
- 3. edible part of an herbaceous plant
- 6. place where plants, shrubs, and trees are grown either for transplanting
- 7. cultivation of plants for their flowers
- 11. The act of buying and selling in a market or The total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer to consumer
- 12. product of the soil
- 14. bring crops to a point at which they will command a price
- 17. family of plants, including many valuable food and forage species, with the aid of symbiotic bacteria, they can convert nitrogen from the air to build up nitrogen in the soil.
- 18. organism distinguished from the animals in that it takes nutrients entirely in liquid solution
- 19. amount of water, hail, sleet, snow, or other moisture received from clouds
- 20. the matured ovary of a flower and its contents
- 22. pertaining to or having the properties of a medicine
- 24. geographically-defined zone in which a specific category of plant life is capable of growing as defined by temperature
- 25. the science of plants
- 26. embryo of a plant
- 27. important genus of trees extensively cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas for its fruits
- 28. effort directed toward increased knowledge of natural phenomena and the environment and toward the solution of problems in all fields of science
Down
- 1. group or association of plants
- 2. sciences, arts, and business practices of crating, conserving, and managing natural resources on lands designated as forests
- 4. solid, liquid, or gas fuel derived from recently dead biological material
- 5. planting, tending, harvesting, and improving of plants
- 8. grove of fruit or nut trees
- 9. convert an agricultural commodity into a marketable form
- 10. cultivation of woody plants
- 13. science of agriculture that relates to the cultivation of gardens or orchards
- 15. beautify terrain as with plantings of trees, shrubs, and flowering herbs, as well as with ornamental features
- 16. composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region
- 20. Anything, which when taken into the body, nourishes the tissues and supplies body heat
- 21. specialization of agriculture concerned with field–crop production and soil management
- 23. pertaining to a sense of beauty