SPELLING DEFINITIONS (week 8)

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Across
  1. 1. A plant grown for its dark green leaves and eaten as a vegetable.
  2. 5. A problem, toy, or game that makes one think and tests one's skill.
  3. 6. A plant with an edible bulb that is wide grown as vegetable with a strong smell and a sharp taste.
  4. 12. A plant grown for its crisp green leaves that are eaten mainly in salad.
  5. 14. A small hollow in the flesh, as on the cheek.
  6. 15. A small brown or reddish spot on the skin.
  7. 17. The joint between the foot and leg.
  8. 18. To scatter in drops or particles.
  9. 19. The long, tapering yellow-orange edible root of a garden plant.
Down
  1. 2. An animal hunted or caught by another for food.
  2. 3. To break or fall in to small pieces or crumbs.
  3. 4. A very heavy growth of tropical trees and plants or land that is covered with such growth.
  4. 7. To copy the actions, looks, or sounds of. To look like; resemble.
  5. 8. Any of various fleshy fruits that are related to the pumpkin and the gourds and are eaten as a vegetable.
  6. 9. The disguise of people, animals, or things, especially in order to make them look like what is around them.
  7. 10. A strong, thick rope made of fiber, such as hemp, or of strands of steel wire.
  8. 11. A joint of a finger especially one of the joints connecting a finger to the rest of the hand.
  9. 13. An animal that lives by preying on other animals.
  10. 16. The place where an animal or plant naturally lives and grows.
  11. 18. At a slow speed; not quickly.