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Across
  1. 4. where the newly-formed cells increase in length, thereby lengthening the root.
  2. 5. outermost, protoderm-derived layer of cells covering the stem, root, leaf, flower, fruit, and seed parts of a plant.
  3. 6. a new organ that forms from divisions in the mature pericycle layer
  4. 8. prolonged epidermal cells
  5. 9. an undifferentiated meristematic tissue found in the buds and growing tips of roots in plants.
  6. 12. a pruning method generally used on young plants to encourage branching.
  7. 13. the vascular tissue in charge of transport and distribution of the organic nutrients.
  8. 14. tissue of unspecialized cells lying between the epidermis (surface cells) and the vascular, or conducting, tissues of stems and roots.
Down
  1. 1. one of many similar slender roots branching directly from the base of the stem of a plant
  2. 2. an area where freshly formed roots mature and lengthen.
  3. 3. the first organ to appear when a seed germinates.
  4. 7. a type of tissue that transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves.
  5. 10. the presence of a large single root growing downward from the base of the plant.
  6. 11. a type of tissue at the tip of a plant root.