Botanical Terms Word Search — Hard
Play a free online Botanical Terms word search puzzle. Difficulty: Hard. Find all 12 hidden words on the 12×12 grid below.
Words to find
- COROLLA
- CIRRATE
- CONIFER
- BACCATE
- CAULINE
- CIRROSE
- CHALAZA
- FERN
Plus 4 hidden bonus words.
Botanical Terms word list, defined
- COROLLA /kəˈrɛl.ə/ · noun
- The corolla is the collective name for all the petals of a flower, forming the inner whorl of the floral envelope that typically surrounds the reproductive organs. Related: petals, blossom, bloom, flower.
- CIRRATE /sɜːrɪteɪt/ · adjective
- Relating to or resembling a cirriform appendage, especially one found on the head of a cephalopod. Related: cirriform, tentacled, appendaged.
- CONIFER /ˈkɒnɪfə(r)/ (UK), /ˈkɑːnəfər/ (US) · noun
- A tree or shrub that bears cones and typically has needle-like or scale-like evergreen leaves, belonging to the order Coniferales, which includes pines, firs, spruces, cedars, and yews. Related: evergreen, pine, coniferous tree.
- BACCATE /ˈbæk.eɪt/ · adjective
- Resembling or consisting of berries; in botany, describing a fruit that is berry-like in character, or a plant bearing such fruits. Related: berrylike, berried, fruity.
- CAULINE /ˈkɔːlaɪn/ · adjective
- Of a leaf, flower, or other plant part: growing on or arising from the stem of a plant rather than from its base. Used chiefly in botanical description as the opposite of 'basal' or 'radical'. Related: stem-borne, stemmed.
- CIRROSE /sɪrˈroʊz/ · noun
- A cirrose is a type of liver disease characterized by the formation of scar tissue in the liver. Related: liver disease, hepatitis, cirrhosis.
- CHALAZA /kəˈleɪ.zə/ · noun
- Either of the twisted strands of protein that anchor an egg's yolk in the centre of the white. In botany, the point on a plant ovule where its integuments are joined to the stalk (funiculus).
- 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.
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