Botany Revision Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• bract : a modified, brightly coloured leaf, associated with flowers (5)
• respiration : releases energy from stored sugars required for growth (11)
• receptacle : the tip of the flower stalk, to which the floral organs are attached (10)
• thorn : modified stem with a hard, sharp tip (5)
• drupe : fleshy fruit with a single seed contained in a stony endocarp (5)
• phloem : vascular tissue involved in sugar translocation (6)
• inferior : ovary positioned below the flower receptacle (8)
• xylem : vascular tissue responisble for transporting water and nutrients from the roots/soil (5)
• chlorophyll : green pigment contained in chloroplasts (11)
• pinnate : compound leaf with leaflets arranged either side of the rachis (7)
• scion : the shoot system of a grafted plant (5)
• deciduous : plants which shed their leaves at the end of the growing season (9)
• undulate : wavy e.g. leaf margin (8)
• annual : a plant which completes its lifcycle within one year (6)
• rhizome : underground, horizontal stem (7)
• pepo : a berry with a hard rind and flattened seeds (4)
• node : growth points on a stem from which leaves, branches or buds may form (4)
• achene : a single-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit (6)
• herbaceous : a plant which has no woody above ground parts (10)
• berry : a fleshy fruit with a thin skin, and multiple seeds embedded in the flesh (5)
• true : fruits derived from the ovary only (4)
• multiple : fruit formed from an inflorescence (8)
• petiole : the stalk of a leaf which attaches to the stem (7)
• pome : simple fruit surrounded by a fleshy receptacle (4)