Across
- 3. a flattened structure of a higher plant, typically green and blade-like, that is attached to a stem directly or via a stalk.
- 6. essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet.
- 8. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.
- 9. a chronic disease characterized by high blood glucose levels, also known as blood sugar.
- 10. a flowering plant with an embryo that bears two cotyledons (seed leaves).
- 11. essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet.
- 13. the third season of the year.
Down
- 1. any of a large group of organic compounds that includes sugars, starch, and cellulose.
- 2. macromolecular biopolymers.
- 4. the seed-bearing part of a plant
- 5. a Latin term referring to a genus of plants in the gourd family.
- 7. the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub.
- 12. a hormone produced in the pancreas.
