Target Vocabulary 

passages - narrow paths or channels

 

spines – sharp, points growths

 

tropical – having to do with the warm areas of the Earth near the equator

 

store – to put away for later use

 

throughout – all the way through

 

absorb – take in or soak up

 

dissolve – to seem to disappear when mixed with liquid

 

clumps – groups or bunches of things, especially plants and dirt

 

coverings - the outsides of things, usually serving as protection

 

pollen - tiny yellow grains made by flowering plants