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This 30-word plant word search introduces middle and early high school students to medicinal herbs and their traditional uses. Hidden words include white willow, arnica, turmeric, lavender, and devil's claw—plants historically used for pain relief and inflammation. Use it in a botany or health unit, as a study aid for herbal medicine topics, or as a free-time enrichment activity.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Plants
Grade Level:
7th – 9th Grades
Updated April 2025

Word List

  • WHITEWILLOW
  • MEADOWSWEET
  • VALERIAN
  • SKULLCAP
  • MYRRH
  • HOPS
  • GINGER
  • TURMERIC
  • WILLOWBARK
  • ARNICA
  • CORYDALIS
  • LAVENDER
  • CHAMOMILE
  • ROSEMARY
  • YARROW
  • PEPPERMINT
  • CLOVE
  • CRAMPBARK
  • BLACKCOHOSH
  • PASSIONFLOWER
  • STJOHNSWORT
  • SWEETCLOVER
  • BIRCHBARK
  • CATNIP
  • BLUEVERVAIN
  • WILDLETTUCE
  • FEVERFEW
  • DEVILSCLAW
  • BETONY
  • LICORICE

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