Parts of a Plant Word Search
Free Parts of a Plant word search. We picked 12 themed words — the terms and ideas of a school subject — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Words to find: ROOT, STEM, LEAF, FLOWER, PETAL, SEPAL, POLLEN, STAMEN, PISTIL, OVARY, SEED, FRUIT.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Parts of a Plant word list, defined
- ROOT /ruːt/ · noun, verb
- The root of a plant is the underground structure that anchors it and absorbs water and minerals. By extension, a root is a source, origin, or fundamental cause from which something develops. Related: origin, source, basis, foundation.
- 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.
- LEAF /liːf/ · noun; verb
- As a noun, a leaf is one of the typically flat, usually green organs attached to a plant's stem or branch, usually serving a photosynthetic function. It can also mean a page of a book or document, or a thin sheet of a material such as metal. As a verb, it means to turn the pages of a book or document, and it can also refer to a plant producing or putting forth leaves. Related: foliage, greenery, leafage, frond.
- FLOWER /ˈflaʊər/ · noun (also verb)
- The blossom of a plant, typically consisting of colorful petals surrounding reproductive organs; also used figuratively to mean the finest or most flourishing stage of something. Related: blossom, bloom, blossoming, floret.
- PETAL /ˈpɛtəl/ · noun
- A thin, usually colored, leaf-like part of a flower, often bearing scent or nectar guides. Petals collectively form the corolla and may attract pollinators or aid reproduction.
- SEPAL /ˈsɛpəl/ · noun
- One of the leaflike parts of a flower that form the calyx, usually beneath the petals and enclosing the bud. The sepals protect the developing flower and may be green, petal-like, fused, or modified in special ways.
- POLLEN /ˈpɒlən/ (British); /ˈpɑːlən/ (US) · noun
- Pollen is the fine powdery substance produced by flowering plants, consisting of microscopic grains that contain the male reproductive cells. It is transferred by wind, insects, birds, and other animals during pollination. Related: pollen grains, male spores.
- STAMEN /ˈsteɪmən/ · noun
- The male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting typically of a filament supporting an anther, where pollen is produced. Related: male reproductive organ, pollen-bearing organ, filament-and-anther structure.
- PISTIL /ˈpɪstɪl/ · noun
- The central female reproductive organ of a flower, comprising the stigma, style, and ovary. It receives pollen and contains the ovules that can develop into seeds after fertilization. Related: carpel, female organ, gynoecium.
- OVARY /ˈoʊvəri/ · noun
- A female reproductive gland that produces ova, or eggs, and secretes reproductive hormones such as estrogen and progesterone. In botany, an ovary is the enlarged basal part of a flower’s pistil that contains the ovules.
- SEED /siːd/ · noun
- A flowering plant's seed, especially the small, hard or edible part from which a new plant can grow. By extension, a seed can mean a source, beginning, or latent potential. Related: grain, kernel, source, beginning.
- FRUIT /fruːt/ · noun
- The sweet, fleshy, seed-bearing product of a plant, especially a tree or bush, that is typically eaten as food; more broadly, the edible reproductive structure of a flowering plant. Related: produce, crop, harvest.
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