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plant
Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food
soil
The part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
sprout
Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
life
The time between birth and death; what living things have
water
Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain
shoot
The act of ___ at targets
cycle
An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
rain
Water falling from clouds
bean
Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
sun
The star our planet orbits
root
The usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes
grow
To pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute
stem
A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
change
To make something different
leaf
The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
growing
The production of crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
leaves
Green parts of a tree that fall in autumn
seeds
A small hard fruit (plural)

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