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