Roots, Stems, and Leaves

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Across
  1. 2. stalk of a leaf
  2. 3. any “stem” growing out of a seed or off the main axis of a plant
  3. 4. stem that grows along the soil surface, and can send out roots and shoots from its nodes
  4. 7. root grows from stems and does not normally grow into the ground; can be used to climb
  5. 13. a small outgrowth on a stem; it develops into new shoot, leaf, or flower
  6. 14. leaflets attached at the same point at the end of petiole
  7. 15. edge of a leaf blade
  8. 16. leaf blade or leaflets reduced in size – allowing plants to cling on objects
  9. 21. bud growing at an angle between a shoot and the stem it is growing from
  10. 22. appendages at base of petiole
  11. 24. root used to support a large and heavy plant
  12. 25. undivided leaf blade with axillary bud at the base of its petiole
  13. 26. short, fleshy stem that is sometimes subterranean, and functions as food storage during dormancy
  14. 27. flattened part of leaf
Down
  1. 1. paired leaflets attached along a central rachis
  2. 5. many similar-sized and smaller lateral roots
  3. 6. modified subterranean stem that sends out roots and shoots from its node
  4. 7. roots growing directly from a stem (or a bulb)
  5. 8. succulent leaves retain water in large vacuoles
  6. 9. a place on a stem where branching or leafing occurs
  7. 10. divided leaf blade with axillary bud at the base of its petiole
  8. 11. modified plant structure for storing food and nutrients
  9. 12. a bud growing at the end of a shoot
  10. 17. an area of a stem of shoot between two nodes
  11. 18. plant growing from a root meristem
  12. 19. petal-like leaves
  13. 20. vascular bundles
  14. 23. one main root that is larger than lateral roots