Backyard Botanicals

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  1. 1. A shoot that grows from the base of a plant or its roots.
  2. 3. A slender, creeping stem that can produce new plants, e.g., strawberry.
  3. 5. A low-growing aromatic herb.
  4. 6. Fuzzy-skinned fruit with a large pit, sweet and juicy.
  5. 7. Organism harmful to garden plants.
  6. 9. Material spread over soil to retain moisture.
  7. 11. A rounded underground storage organ, e.g., onion, tulip.
  8. 14. Legume grown in pods, can be green or dried.
  9. 16. A slender, hollow-leaved herb with a mild onion flavor.
  10. 19. Sweet, bell-shaped fruit, often green or yellow.
  11. 20. Tall grain plant with kernels on an ear.
  12. 21. Small, round green seed, often grown in pods.
  13. 22. Tall plant with a large, yellow flower head and edible seeds.
  14. 23. Oval-shaped fruit with a single large seed, often purple.
  15. 24. Orange root vegetable, known for its crunch.
  16. 26. A fragrant evergreen herb with needle-like leaves.
  17. 27. Small, round or oval fruit, grown in clusters on a vine.
  18. 30. Popular flowering plant known for its fragrant blooms and thorns.
  19. 33. A popular herb with fragrant leaves, used in Italian cuisine.
  20. 35. Pungent bulb vegetable, used widely in cooking.
  21. 37. Small, orange, fuzzy fruit resembling a small peach.
  22. 39. A swollen underground stem, e.g., potato.
  23. 40. Spring-flowering bulb plant with cup-shaped flowers.
  24. 41. Starchy tuber, a staple food crop.
  25. 43. Small, round, blue-purple fruit.
  26. 44. Long, green fruit, often sliced for salads or pickles.
  27. 45. Pungent root vegetable, often red and round.
  28. 46. An aromatic herb with feathery leaves, used in pickling.
  29. 51. Red or yellow fruit, often used as a vegetable in cooking.
  30. 52. Edible aggregate fruit, typically red.
  31. 54. The process of growing new plants from existing ones.
  32. 55. Bulb vegetable known for its strong flavor and aroma.
  33. 58. A strong-flavored herb, common in Mediterranean cooking.
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  1. 2. A leafy green vegetable known for its nutritional value.
  2. 4. Substance providing nourishment for plant growth.
  3. 7. Trimming or cutting back plants for better growth or shape.
  4. 8. Generic term for a gourd-like fruit, includes pumpkins.
  5. 10. Leafy green or purple vegetable, often grown in a compact head.
  6. 12. A fragrant herb known for its purple flowers and calming scent.
  7. 13. Green summer squash, oblong in shape.
  8. 15. A young shoot from a germinating seed.
  9. 17. Plant that completes its life cycle in one growing season.
  10. 18. A sweet-tasting, starchy root vegetable.
  11. 22. Small, red, sweet fruit with tiny seeds on the outside.
  12. 23. Plant that lives for more than two years.
  13. 25. Small, round stone fruit, typically red or black.
  14. 28. The variety of plant and animal life in a garden habitat.
  15. 29. The medium in which garden plants grow.
  16. 31. Leafy green vegetable, common in salads.
  17. 32. Aromatic herb often used for flavor or tea.
  18. 34. Dark green leafy vegetable, rich in iron.
  19. 36. Fruit used as a spice or vegetable, can be hot or sweet.
  20. 38. White vegetable with a dense, flower-like head.
  21. 42. A leafy green herb, often used as a garnish.
  22. 47. Common flowering plant with white petals and a yellow center.
  23. 48. Round fruit, typically red or green, grows on trees.
  24. 49. Removing unwanted plants from a garden.
  25. 50. Green vegetable with a tree-like head.
  26. 53. A horizontal underground stem, e.g., ginger.
  27. 56. Decayed organic material used to enrich soil.
  28. 57. Annual flower known for its bright orange and yellow blooms.