Fruit

Name: ______________________ Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

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4. Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach (plural) (8)
8. A small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit (plural) (6)
10. Round red or green fruit that grows on trees (plural) (6)
11. Downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh (plural) (7)
13. Any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible (plural) (12)
14. An African melon (10)
15. Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone (plural) (8)
16. Climbing vine native to China (4)

1. Any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit (plural) (10)
2. Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone (plural) (5)
3. Citrus fruit that shares its name with a color (plural) (7)
5. Small juicy fruit that grows in bunches (6)
6. The fruit of a variety of winter melon vine (8)
7. Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit (plural) (5)
9. Woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from (plural) (11)
12. Citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp (10)