Fruit and Vegetables

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit (5)
  2. 7. Widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root (6)
  3. 8. Sweet food that grows on plants (5)
  4. 9. Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers (7)
  5. 11. A mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds (plural) (11)
  6. 13. Medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin (plural) (8)
  7. 15. Round red root vegetable (8)
  8. 16. Seed of a pea plant used for food (plural) (4)

Down

  1. 2. Citrus fruit that shares its name with a color (6)
  2. 3. Plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds (8)
  3. 4. Round red or green fruit that grows on trees (5)
  4. 5. A melon vine of the genus ___ (8)
  5. 6. Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca (7)
  6. 10. Plant foods like carrots and broccoli (10)
  7. 12. Any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots (3)
  8. 14. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose (4)