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Arcane Mechanisms in Botanical Enigmas
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Plants that cultivate ants for mutualistic protection
  • 2. Chemical inhibition a plant exerts on neighbors, a blend of power and rivalry
  • 3. Metabolic suspension phase allowing survival in extreme conditions
  • 5. Nightly plant motions that fold leaves in sleep, from Greek for 'night' and 'movement'
  • 7. Plants adapted to saline environments with strange salt management
  • 11. Directional growth of roots responding to moisture gradients
  • 12. Growth response to touch, enabling vines to climb
  • 14. Products of photosynthesis that feed growth and storage functions
  • 19. Biochemical warfare among plants releasing growth inhibitors
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  • 4. Plant responses linked to day length controlling flowering times
  • 6. A tricky neologism hinting at plants producing offspring by branchlets
  • 8. Excessive hair growth on plant surfaces, often for defense or water retention
  • 9. Relating to a layer generating new cells in stems facilitating growth
  • 10. Partially parasitic plants that photosynthesize but rely on hosts for water
  • 13. Touch-induced rapid plant movement, famously observed in Mimosa pudica
  • 15. Structural alteration in plants triggered by mechanical shock or vibration
  • 16. Plants evolved to endure severe drought via water-saving strategies
  • 17. Non-seed plants like ferns and mosses cloaked in secretive reproduction
  • 18. Cell shrinkage due to water loss under hypertonic stress

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