Floriculture Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Essential plant hormones
  2. 3. A flower cluster with the separate flowers attached by short equal stalks at equal distances along a central stem
  3. 6. A green pigment, present in all green plants
  4. 10. A leaf or flower that has no stem of its own but is attached directly to the main stem of the plant
  5. 11. One of the two tissues that make up the plant's long-distance transport system
  6. 13. A ratio, expressed in percent, of the amount of atmospheric moisture present relative to the amount that would be present if the air were saturated.
  7. 14. A spike borne on a fleshy stem
Down
  1. 1. A principal component of vascular tissue, together with phloem and cambium
  2. 4. Plant hormone that regulates numerous processes in plant growth
  3. 5. The expanded part of a leaf or petal
  4. 7. Having a bare leafless stalk growing directly from the ground
  5. 8. Used to extend the vase life of cut flowers by blocking the effect of ethylene
  6. 9. Using the sugars produced during photosynthesis plus oxygen to produce energy for plant growth
  7. 12. The final stage of plant development