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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
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- 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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