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TIME TO REVISE

Tick () the correct answer.
1. We get coff ee from the seeds of a (cacao/coff ee) plant.

2. Potato, ginger and onion are (stem/root) vegetables.
3. (Creepers/Climbers) grow along the ground and bear big fruit.
4. Plants diff er from each other based on their size and the type of (leaves/stem) they
have.
5. (Herbs/Shrubs) have thin, soft and non-woody stems.

• Many medicines are made from plants such as tulsi, neem, eucalyptus and

sandalwood. They contain special substances in their barks, roots, leaves, fl owers
or seeds. For example, leaves of tulsi, neem and eucalyptus; fl owers of clove and

chamomile; thick stems of sandalwood have medicinal properties in them.

tulsi plant neem plant eucalyptus plant sandalwood plant
Some medicinal plants

We can say that plants are our wealth. We get various useful things from diff erent

parts of plants. They give us all these things for free. So it is our duty to protect
them for our green future.

TERMS TO KNOW

1. Trunk: The thick main woody stem of a tree
2. Tendril: A thin curling stem that a climbing plant uses to attach itself strongly to
the support
3. Edible: Something that is safe to eat
4. Fruit: Part of a plant that develops from a fl ower and contains seeds inside it

5. Nut: A particular kind of edible seed that usually has a hard shell or covering around
it
6. Bark: The tough or hard covering of a woody stem
7. Flavour: A particular kind of taste
8. Cocoa: A dark brown powder that is made from the roasted and ground seeds of
cacao
9. Jaggery: A type of raw dark brown sugar made from sugar cane juice

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