Plants Adaptations in a Desert Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: defense : protection, dew : a source of water for desert plants, drought : a period of time without any precipitations, splinter : a part of a broken glass, absorb : roots do it with water, fleshy : a stem should be like that to absorb more water, pores : a hedgehog cactus opens them at night to breath, waxy : a kind of coating that helps a plant to reduce water loss, invulnerable : impossible to harm, stem : it holds the plant, thorns : some desert plants have it instead of leaves, shallow : to collect surface water roots should be _ , roots : it makes food for the plant, hummingbird : a pollinator in a desert, perish : this happens to tristerix if the surface of the hedgehog cactus is out of reach, laves : where can plants store water apart from stems, pierce : to puncture like a needle