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Arboreal Lexicon: Pomological Enigmas
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  • 1. The process or period of fruit development
  • 2. Complex of lignin and cellulose forming woody plant cell walls
  • 3. Internal cell pressure keeping plant tissues firm
  • 5. Vascular tissue transporting nutrients downward in trees
  • 6. Transfer of pollen enabling fertilization in flowering trees
  • 7. The outermost layer of a fruit’s pericarp, often skin
  • 12. Woody tissue that conducts water upward
  • 14. The small stalk attaching a single fruit to the plant
  • 16. Science devoted to the cultivation of fruit trees
  • 18. Detached shoot used in grafting to propagate trees
Down
  • 4. Scientific method of dating tree rings
  • 8. Mid-layer of a fruit’s flesh, as in an apple’s edible part
  • 9. Inner layer of the fruit wall surrounding the seed
  • 10. Process by which cell walls harden with woody material
  • 11. Having the form or characteristics of a tree
  • 13. Slender, pendulous inflorescence characteristic of some trees
  • 15. Soil region influenced by root secretions and associated microbes
  • 17. Winged fruit aiding wind dispersal, common in maples
  • 19. Collective term for sepals, often protecting immature flowers
  • 20. Relating to the layer responsible for secondary growth in trees

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