Legume Morphology Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• multifoliolate : having many leaves or leaflets
• hypocotyl : region of the embryonic axis that is located between the cotyledonary node and the radicle
• epigeal : germination type that the cotyledons are raised above ground
• taproot : a main or single root that has few branches and grows mainly in length to take up water and nutrients from deeper in the soil
• node : a slight swelling or knob on a plant stem
• scarification : process of abrading the seed coat to allow uptake of water and gases
• tendril : slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant
• trifoliolate : leaf having three leaflets
• nodule : small knoblike outgrowth on the roots of a leguminous plant that contains bacteria that fix n
• stipule : a small leaflike appendage to a leaf, typically borne in pairs at the base of the petiole
• pinnate : compound leaf type of alfalfa, sweetclover, crownvetch
• leaflet : compound leaf is constructed of two or more of these
• head : inflorescence type in which individual flowers are sessile at their points of attachment to an enlarged receptacle
• hypogeal : germination type that the cotyledons remain below ground
• petiole : stalk that attaches a leaf blade to the stem
• umbel : inflorescence type in which individual flowers are attached to the tip of a peduncle by pedicels of = length
• palmate : type of compound leaf that all true clovers have