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Carnivorous Botany and Venomous Vines
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  • 1. Containing or derived from compounds with essential element for proteins
  • 2. Biochemical breakdown converting prey to absorbable form
  • 3. Possessing secretion of toxin through specialized glands
  • 4. Pigment key to capturing light energy in plants
  • 5. Describes organisms digesting animal prey for nutrients
  • 7. Pertaining to microscopic pores controlling gas flow
  • 9. Central stem supporting leaflets or pitchers in some plants
  • 11. Relating to catalysts speeding biochemical digestion
  • 17. Vascular tissue transporting organic nutrients downward
  • 18. Directional growth response often bending toward stimuli
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  • 6. Process energizing green leaves through sunlight capture
  • 8. Symbiotic root-fungi network facilitating nutrient uptake
  • 10. To isolate or absorb nutrients from prey matter
  • 12. Nonliving environmental factors influencing plant habitat
  • 13. Plant adapted for survival in arid conditions
  • 14. Those that attract prey by olfactory or visual cues
  • 15. Act of capturing and consuming another organism
  • 16. Condition of containment often used in botanical study

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