Complete Clue List
Across
1. Unopened flower
3. Large fern of the genus Pteridium
7. Agile and quick, in a nautical sense
8. Tree rings tell us the ____ of a tree
9. Brewed from the leaves, flowers and seeds of many plants
11. Ochroma pyramidale, tropical tree known for its lightweight wood
14. Beverage made from Hordeum vulgare
15. Food storage organ for some plants
17. Annona diversifolia, a Central American tree with edible fruits
18. Italian grass
20. It may contain chloroplasts
21. Braided rope used by Mexican vaqueros
24. Meadow
26. French plants need this
27. Social insect that often associates with plants
28. Arctium tomentosum, medicinal plant that inspired velcro
29. Tree of the genus Fraxinus
Down
1. Rubus fruticosus, thorny plant with delicious berries
2. Indigo or madder
3. ____ ebenus, valuable hardwood tree in the legume family
4. French name of plant used to flavour ouzo
5. Catha edulis, a shrub whose leaves are chewed as a stimulant (alt. spelling)
6. A Maori blessing that removes "tapu"
10. Old cloth measure
11. Common name of thorny plants like 1 down
12. Tropical climbing plant
13. Musa textilis, banana relative and source of Manila hemp
16. Grass-like wetland plant of the family Cyperaceae, mentioned in the Bible
19. Ruta graveolens, also known as herb-of-grace
22. One of the names for Colocasia esculenta, a plant with edible corm
23. Tectonia grandis, tropical hardwood tree
24. A place for scientific research, briefly
25. Flows through Bern, the capital of Switzerland (alt.)
26. 7th letter of Greek alphabet