Something That Establishes or Serves as a Pattern
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Fauna and Flora, Group 165, Puzzle 5 (Coniferous Trees).
Question is: Something That Establishes or Serves as a Pattern
and the answer is: TEMPLATE
Word Meaning:
TEMPLATE — A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
Definitions from Wiktionary.