Botany crossword

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Across
  1. 2. a fine powder produced by certain plants when they reproduce
  2. 6. a female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs are produced, present in humans and other vertebrates as a pair
  3. 7. the receptive tip of a carpel or carpels in a flower's gynoecium (female reproductive part) where pollen is deposited during pollination
  4. 9. the first leaf that emerges from a seed during germination, also known as a seed leaf
  5. 11. the part of a stamen that contains the pollen.
  6. 13. a complex, specialized vascular tissue in plants that primarily functions in water and mineral transport from the roots to the rest of the plant
  7. 15. if male and female reproductive organs are found on separate individual plants
  8. 16. a plant whose seeds contain two cotyledons, or seed leaves
  9. 18. the male reproductive organ of a flowering plant, specifically the pollen-producing part
  10. 19. a narrow, tube-like structure that is part of the female reproductive part of a flower, the pistil.
  11. 20. a modified leaf that forms part of the flower's inner whorl, surrounding the reproductive parts
Down
  1. 1. begins to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy.
  2. 3. the process by which plants and some bacteria use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose
  3. 4. a slender threadlike object or fiber, especially one found in animal or plant structures.
  4. 5. a plant whose seeds contain two cotyledons, or seed leaves
  5. 7. a small, protective package that contains a tiny, undeveloped plant
  6. 8. the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, typically rising above ground but occasionally subterranean.
  7. 10. a small or immature ovum.
  8. 12. the typically underground part of a vascular plant
  9. 14. scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance.
  10. 17. a complex tissue in vascular plants that primarily functions in the translocation of sugars and other organic compounds produced during photosynthesis
  11. 18. each of the parts of the calyx of a flower, enclosing the petals and typically green and leaflike.