| RADICLE | In botany, the embryonic root of a newly germinated seedling (7) |
| SEEDLINGS | Newly germinated plants (9) |
| MIDRIBS | In botany, the strengthened veins down the middle of flower petals or leaves (7) |
| GUMBOIL | An abscess at the root of a decayed tooth (7) |
| TAPROOT | The thick main root of a plant that grows vertically downwards (7) |
| TUBER | In botany, the genus of truffles; the thickened subterranean stem of the Jerusalem artichoke, potato or yam; or, the rootstock of the cyclamen or the dahlia (5) |
| TRANSPIRATION | In botany, the loss of water from a plant in the form of vapour, especially through the stomata of the leaves (13) |
| SEEDBED | A bed of fine soil in which seedlings are germinated (7) |
| GINSENG | Root of a plant used medicinally for many centuries (7) |
| CASSAVA | Starchy tuberous root of a tropical tree (7) |
| EGGDROP | Physics demonstration often done from fine root of a school |
| TAPIOCA | Starchy substance extracted from the roots of a cassava plant |
| STIGMA | In botany, the terminal part of the ovary, at the end of the style |
| AXIL | In botany, the angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs (4) |
| SEPAL | In botany, the typically green and leaf-like parts of the calyx of a flower, enclosing the petals (5) |
| HILUM | In botany, the scar on the surface of a seed marking its point of attachment to a stalk (funicle) (5) |
| EPICOTYL | In botany, the stem of an embryonic plant or seedling above the seed leaves (cotyledons) (8) |
| GEOCARPY | In botany, the ripening of fruits below ground, as in the peanut (8) |
| ANTHER | In botany, the part of a stamen that contains the pollen (6) |
| STEM | A branch of a family; a peduncle of a plant; or, the root of a word (4) |
