Plant Kingdom Flashcards
1
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A plant’s male organ
A
Stamen
2
Q
Rye and wheat hybrid
A
Tritacale
3
Q
“stinging plant”
A
stinging nettles
4
Q
Term for how deciduous trees lose their leaves
A
Abscession
5
Q
“Quaking” tree
A
Aspen
6
Q
Largest hickory tree
A
Pecan tree
7
Q
Madonna type of flower
A
Lily
8
Q
Digitalis source
A
Foxglove
9
Q
World’s most massive tree
A
Giant Sequoia
10
Q
Kentucky hybrid lettuce pioneer
A
Bibb
11
Q
Leaf openings
A
stomata
12
Q
Vanilla-flavoring flower
A
Orchid
13
Q
French “la prune” (fruit)
A
Plum
14
Q
Tangerine and grapefruit hybrid
A
Tangelo
15
Q
Tiny chinese orange
A
Kumquat
16
Q
Red-stalked vegetable
A
Rhubarb
17
Q
Chicory vegetable
A
Radish
18
Q
“Shasta” flower
A
Daisy
19
Q
Tree turpentine comes from
A
Pine
20
Q
Adriatic fruit
A
fig
21
Q
Jerusalem vegetable
A
Artichoke
22
Q
Vichysoisse vegetables
A
Leeks and potatoes
23
Q
Yellow pear shaped fruit
A
Guava
24
Q
Greening fruit
A
Apple
25
Rose family fruit
Quince
26
Bowling pin wood
Maple
27
Rochester New York festival (flowers)
Lilac festival
28
Florida tree with stilt-like roots
Mangrove
29
Pomelo relative
Grapefruit
30
Star fruit
Carambola
31
French currant
Raisin
32
Black and English type tree
Walnut
33
Flowering plant
angiosperm
34
Plant that lives for many years
Perennial
35
Plant that tolerates salt
Halophyte
36
Purple flower of Scotland
Marigold
37
Chick peas - a.k.a.
Garbanzo beans
38
"Bald" everglades tree
Cypress
39
Fruit named for Moroccan city
Tangerine
40
An oak's main root
Tap root
41
A plant's female organ
Pistil
42
Pascal vegetable
Celery
43
Small golden fruit
Apricot
44
Cymbidium - the flower of Thailand
Orchid
45
Hubbard's butternut or acorn vegetable
Squash
46
Plant that lives for one year
Annual
47
Long moss of American south
Spanish moss
48
Morello - marasca - maraschino
Cherries
49
Tropical fruit from which papain is obtained
Papaya
50
Vine that grows 4 inches per day
Kudzu
51
Seedless grape
Thompsons'
52
Kon Tiki raft material
Balsa
53
European aubergine
Eggplant
54
Baseball bat wood
Ash
55
Jelly grape
Concord
56
Oldest Living Tree
Bristle Cone Pine (5100yrs)
57
Clingstone and freestone fruit
Peach
58
Tree that the _Bounty_ sought
Breadfruit tree
59
Chutney relish fruit - "the peach of the tropics"
Mango
60
Largest single family of succulents
Cacti
61
Carnation family
Pink
62
Common name for the Helianthus
Sunflower
63
Rope fiber plant
Hemp
64
Algae and fungus living as a single unit
Lichen
65
Tall flower grown for seeds
Sunflower
66
Silk coton tree
Kapok
67
Tree with many supporting roots and trunks
Banyan tree
68
Alligator pear
Avocado
69
Chicken Divan Vegetable
Broccoli
70
A plant's fertilized ovule
Seed
71
Common name for the yellow daisy
Black-eyed Susan
72
Savoy or collard vegetable
Cabbage
73
Banyan tree fruit
Fig
74
Mexican potato
Jicama
75
Fruit used in peach Melba sauce
Raspberry
76
Lisbon fruit
Lemon
77
Crocus and gladiola family
Iris
78
Evaporation of water from leaves
Transpiration
79
Linzer tort fruit
Raspberry
80
Hawaiian root crop
Taro
81
World's tallest tree
California Redwood
82
French "la raison" (fruit)
Grape
83
Tree on Lebanon's flag
Cedar
84
Russian thistle
Tumbleweed
85
Sword lily type
Gladiola
86
King Alfred Narcissus type of flower
Daffodil
87
non-flowering plant
Gymnosperm
88
Trees that do not shed leaves
Coniferous
89
Plant that lives for two years
Biennial
90
Tallest cactus
Saguaro
91
Damson or greengage fruit
Plum
92
Cooking banana
Plantain
93
Lens shaped vegetable - highest in protein
lentil
94
"A la florentine" vegetable
Spinach
95
Violet dye plant
Indigo
96
Red dye plant
Henna
97
Tropical fruit with five-pound seeds
Mango
98
Heading vegetable
Broccoli
99
Sacred flower of Buddhism
Lotus
100
Flower used in codeine and morphine
Poppy
101
Miniature cabbage from Belgium
Brussles sprouts
102
Yellow turnip
Rutabaga
103
Pollen producer at the end of the stamen
Anther
104
Man who developed dozens of uses for peanuts
George Washington Carver
105
Japanese flower
Chrysanthemum
106
Botanist who developed the spineless cactus
Luther Burbank
107
Cactus fruit
Prickly pear
108
Traditional mother's day flower
Carnation
109
Tree that sheds its leaves annually
Deciduous
110
Winesap - Baldwin and Northern Spy
Apples
111
Linseed oil is from this plant
Flax
112
Chinese fruite related to longan
Lichi nut
113
Blue gum tree
Eucalyptus
114
"Fuzzy" New Zealand fruit
Kiwi
115
Bigarade fruit
Orange
116
Gumbo vegetable
Okra
117
Chinese cabbage
Bok Choy
118
Man who planted apple trees throught the Ohio valley
Johhny Appleseed
119
Canoe wood
Birch
120
White carrot
Parsnip
121
Yukon gold vegetable
Potato
122
Fertility symbol (fruit)
Pomegranate
123
Fastest growing grass
Bamboo
124
Raspberry and Blackberry hybrid
Loganberry
125
Tropical pumpkin shaped melon
Casaba
126
Fruit measured in hands
Banana
