Below the stem
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Below the stem
Explore root forms, absorbing surfaces, conducting tissues and a growing method.
Protective covering at a growing root tip; omit the space (7)
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About Below the stem
3 Across answers meet 5 Down answers. Explore root forms, absorbing surfaces, conducting tissues and a growing method. Water transport and sugar transport have different tissue names.
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Below the stem
Themed · 11 × 10 · ClueFill · AI-assisted original · Content checked
Across
1. Protective covering at a growing root tip; omit the space (7)
4. Dominant main root growing down from a plant's base (7)
7. Root swelling that may house nitrogen-fixing bacteria (6)
Down
1. Fine root extension that increases absorbing surface; omit the space (8)
2. Growing plants with exposed roots misted with nutrient solution (10)
3. Root-system type with many similarly sized slender roots (7)
5. Plant tissue that transports sugars between source and sink (6)
6. Plant tissue that conducts water upward from roots (5)