Easy Tree Key Glossary

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Across
  1. 1. a long, thin cluster of tiny flowers, often hanging downward
  2. 4. a leaf base or tip that appears cut off
  3. 5. spherical
  4. 8. a winged seed
  5. 9. not a true drupe; drupe-like
  6. 13. leaves arranged on a twig by turns
  7. 14. a cone or cone-like structure
  8. 15. a fruit like an apple or pear which derived from the ripened ovary
  9. 17. toothed
  10. 18. longitudinal section; the part that is exposed when a cut is made through the length of the specimen
  11. 19. a simply dry fruit that splits partly open when ripe
  12. 24. diverging like the fingers from the palm
  13. 25. the leaf stem
  14. 26. a whitish substance covering a surface which can be easily rubbed off
  15. 27. the central stalk of a pinnately compound leaf
  16. 28. several needles that are joined together at their bases and attached to a branch
  17. 31. a leaf-like or woody structure occurring beneath a cone, flower, or flower cluster
  18. 32. slanting
  19. 34. heart-shaped
  20. 35. the partial division of a leaf blade
  21. 36. egg-shaped but broadest above the middle
  22. 37. a stone fruit, such as a cherry or peach
  23. 40. wavy
  24. 41. thickened, undeveloped leaves or bracts covering the outside of a bud
  25. 43. a secreting cell or group of cells on or in a plant structure
  26. 47. continuous, smooth, even edge; no teeth
  27. 48. the central column of growth
  28. 49. leaves in pairs on opposite sides of the twig
  29. 52. triangular
  30. 54. soft, spongy mass in the center of some twigs or stems
  31. 56. the main vein of a leaf
  32. 57. at or toward the bottom
  33. 58. a set of leaves, flowers, or branches circling the stem at the same level
  34. 59. a short, stiff hair
  35. 62. a canal in a leaf, lined with cells that release resin
  36. 63. male reproductive part
  37. 66. with rounded teeth
Down
  1. 2. extending across something
  2. 3. small, leaf-like structure at the base of the petiole
  3. 6. forming an angle of greater than 90 degrees
  4. 7. having small teeth growing in partially joined pairs
  5. 10. veins or leaflets arranged in two opposite rows along a common axis
  6. 11. hanging downward
  7. 12. with a stem
  8. 16. without a stalk
  9. 20. possessing a distinctive odor
  10. 21. with very fine teeth
  11. 22. cone-bearing, usually evergreen
  12. 23. externally visible transport tissue
  13. 29. much longer than wide, rounded at the base, pointed at the tip, like the head of a lance
  14. 30. a sticky, flammable, substance, often with distinctive odor, given out by some trees and other plants
  15. 32. formed as a board ellipse, the width being more than half the length
  16. 33. lanceolate but broadest above the middle
  17. 38. cross section; the part that is exposed when a cut is made straight across a specimen
  18. 39. the broad, expanded part of a leaf
  19. 42. a dense cluster of stalkless flowers
  20. 44. having leaves that are all shed annually
  21. 45. shaped like an ellipse, rounded at both ends, longer than wide, widest in the middle
  22. 46. a short, stubbed branchlet
  23. 50. the first branch from a primary vein
  24. 51. leafy or woody expansion on a rachis or twig
  25. 53. the leaf like division of a compound leaf
  26. 55. female reproductive part
  27. 60. space between lobes of a leaf
  28. 61. forming an angle of less than 90 degrees
  29. 64. the edge of a leaf
  30. 65. egg-shaped, broades below the middle