Botanical Terms Word Search
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Sample words: SAP, POD, LIP, NUT, KEY, BUD, EYE, ALA, WOOD, ASCUS, STEM, PAPPI.
Botanical Terms word list, defined
- SAP /sæp/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, sap can mean the watery fluid that circulates through a plant or tree, or a foolish, gullible person in dated informal use. As a verb, it means to drain or weaken something, especially by gradually removing its vital strength or resources. Related: fool, simpleton, dupe, blockhead.
- POD /pɒd/ (British), /pɑːd/ (American) · noun, verb
- A pod is a natural container that holds seeds, especially the pod of a pea or bean. It can also refer to a small group of whales, dolphins, or other marine animals, and to a streamlined aircraft structure housing engines or equipment. Related: seedpod, husk, shell, group.
- LIP /lɪp/ · noun
- The fleshy, movable fold forming the edge of the mouth. By extension, it can refer to the edge or rim of a vessel, opening, or similar object. Related: edge, rim, border, margin.
- NUT /nʌt/ · noun
- A nut is a hard-shelled seed whose edible kernel is often eaten, and by extension a small metal fastener, typically with a threaded hole. In informal use, it can also mean a person's head or, in the plural, a testicle. Related: seed, kernel, fastener, bolt.
- KEY /kiː/ · noun
- A small, shaped device used to open or lock a door, drawer, or other fastening. The word also refers to a musical note or group of notes, a means of access or understanding, and a crucial person, thing, or idea. Related: crucial, vital, essential, central.
- BUD /bʌd/ · noun
- A bud is a compact, undeveloped shoot or flower on a plant, containing embryonic leaves or petals. Informally, it is also a friendly term of address for a boy or man. Related: sprout, shoot, offshoot.
- EYE /aɪ/ · noun
- The organ of sight in humans and animals, a paired sensory structure that detects light and enables vision. Also used figuratively to mean the faculty of visual perception, attention, or judgment. Related: organ of vision, peeper, optic.
- ALA /ˈeɪlə/ · noun
- A wing or a winglike anatomical part or process projecting from the side of an organ or structure, such as the flared outer portion of the nostril (the ala of the nose) or the winglike lateral expansion of a bone. Related: pinna, flange, process, apophysis.
- WOOD /wʊd/ · noun; verb
- Wood is the hard, fibrous material forming the trunk and branches of a tree, especially when cut for use as timber; by extension, it can also mean trees collectively or a wooded area. As a verb, wood means to beat or strike someone with a wooden club or similar object. Related: timber, lumber, forest, woodland.
- ASCUS /ˈæskəs/ · noun
- A sac-like cell or structure in which the spores (ascospores) are formed in ascomycete fungi, such as yeasts and morels. It is the defining reproductive structure of the fungal phylum Ascomycota. Related: spore sac, sporangium.
- STEM /stɛm/ · noun, verb
- As a noun, a stem is the main stalk or trunk of a plant, or more generally the central supporting part of an object. It can also mean the central part or underlying basis of something, such as the stem of a word or the stem of a case. As a verb, it means to develop or originate from something, or to restrain or stop something such as a flow or rising trend. Related: stalk, trunk, shaft, core.
- PAPPI /ˈpæpaɪ/ · noun, plural only
- The plural of pappus: the fine hairs, bristles, or tuft-like structures that accompany the seeds or fruits of certain plants, especially members of the daisy family. Related: pappuses, tufts, bristles, hairs.
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