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