Fruits

Name: ______________________ Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

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2. Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone (4)
7. A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit (5)
8. Woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from (9)
11. Sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing ___ plants (9)
13. Any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible (10)
14. Any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish (13)
16. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose (4)

1. To cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of (5)
3. A variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh (10)
4. Large sweet ___ or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus (10)
5. Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone (6)
6. Citrus fruit that shares its name with a color (6)
9. Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach (7)
10. Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries (5)
12. Citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp (10)
15. Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit (5)