Fruits and Vegetables

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Across
  1. 2. vegetables in which the leaves are eaten, examples are lettuce, spinach, and cabbage
  2. 4. these vegetables are found underground, examples are beets, carrots, turnips, radishes, and onions
  3. 8. these vegetables are found underground and contain a high amount of starch, examples are potatoes, sweet potatoes, and yams
  4. 9. are a cluster of many fruits that are produced from a flower, examples are raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries
  5. 10. The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seeds and can be eaten as food
  6. 11. vegetables in which the seeds are edible, examples are green beans, peas, okra, and corn
  7. 12. fruit that is covered by a hard, thick rind with a soft flesh inside with seeds filling multiple sections, examples are watermelon and cantaloupe
  8. 13. Fruits that have a crunchy outer core and an inedible pit, examples are apples and pears
  9. 14. a fruit that has a relatively thin exterior and more than one seed inside, examples are kiwi, banana, and grapes
Down
  1. 1. derives from a Latin word meaning “growing or flourishing”
  2. 3. these vegetables in which the stems are eaten, examples are asparagus, celery, and artichokes
  3. 5. these fruits are generally sour and acidic and have an inside wagon wheel shaped cross section, examples are oranges, lemons, and limes
  4. 6. these are technically fruits as they are the seed bearing part of the ovary of a plant but in the culinary sense they are considered vegetables, examples are bell peppers, avocados, cucumber, and tomatoes
  5. 7. Any fruit that has only one seed or “stone”, examples are peach, plum, cherry, and mango