Comment on Episode #163.

Annotations

A punning episode today.

Panel #1

Holt - a wood or grove.

Hurst - a grove, wooded eminence.

Leave - to put forth leaves; leaf.

Panel #2

Bosk - a small wood or thicket.

Wood - the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other purposes; timber or lumber.

Panel #3

Brake - a place overgrown with bushes, brambles, or cane.

Elder - any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Sambucus, of the honeysuckle family, having pinnate leaves, clusters of white flowers, and red or black, berrylike fruit.

Bough - a branch of a tree, esp. one of the larger or main branches.

Stalk - the stem or main axis of a plant.

Panel #4

Root - a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.

Panel #5

Arbor - a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.

Vine - any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.

Panel #6

Budding - an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.

Panel #7

Axing - To chop or fell with an ax.

Cedar - any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.

Panel #8

Medlar - a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.

Stem - the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.

Panel #9

Frond - an often large, finely divided leaf.