Part of a plant growing straight downward from the stem Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Part of a plant growing straight downward from the stem . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TAPROOT.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TAPROOT Part of a plant growing straight downward from the stem (7)
3% CLIMBER Plant that grows up a wall (7) Puzzler Backwords Oct 12, 2025
3% ROOTS Plant parts that grow downward (5)
3% ROOT Plant part that grows downward (4)
2% BASAL Balsa broken near plant stem (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Nov 4, 2025
2% ORIENT Set straight (6) Thomas Joseph Nov 4, 2025
2% LATEN Grow dark (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 4, 2025
2% BULB Structure from which a daffodil, eg, grows (4) The Times Concise Nov 3, 2025
2% SCI The "S" in STEM, for short (3)
2% AGE Grow older (3) USA Today Nov 1, 2025
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