Botanical Terms Word Search — Medium

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Botanical Terms word list, defined

HAIR /hɛr/ · noun, verb
A growth on the human head, usually made of keratin, or a similar growth on other parts of the body. To remove or cut the hair from the head or body. Related: mane, tresses, coiffure, beard.
CORM /kɔːrm/ · noun
A short, thickened, solid underground stem base that stores food and serves as a perennating organ in plants such as crocuses and gladioli, typically covered by dry papery tunics. Related: bulb, tuber, rhizome.
HERB /hɜːrb/ · noun
A plant with leaves, stems, roots, or flowers used especially for flavoring, medicine, or perfume. A seed plant that produces seeds in a fruit or capsule. Related: plant, vegetable, green, spice.
BOLL /boʊl/ · noun
The rounded seed capsule or pod of a plant, especially cotton or flax, which splits open when ripe to release the seeds. Related: pod, capsule, husk, seedcase.
CORK /kɔːk/ (UK), /kɔːrk/ (US) · noun, verb
As a noun, cork is the buoyant, elastic outer bark of the cork oak tree, used especially for bottle stoppers, floats, and insulation. As a verb, it means to seal or close something, especially a bottle, with a cork or similar stopper. Related: stopper, plug, bung, spile.
CONE /koʊn/ · noun
A solid or surface tapering smoothly from a flat circular base to a point (the apex); also, an object shaped like this, such as a traffic marker, ice-cream holder, or the fruit of certain conifers. Related: spire, taper, pyramid.
FERN /fɜːrn/ · noun
A flowerless plant of the division Pteridophyta, with feathery green fronds and spores rather than seeds for reproduction, typically growing in damp, shaded habitats. Related: bracken, frond, plant.
CYME /saɪm/ · noun
A type of flower cluster in which the main axis and successive side branches each end in a flower, so that blooming proceeds from the centre outward; characteristic of plants such as lilac, elderberry, and hydrangea. Related: flower cluster, inflorescence, blossom cluster.

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