Across
- 1. a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef
- 3. lace (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow
- 5. activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result
- 6. an area of land and its buildings used for growing crops and rearing animals, typically under the control of one owner or manager
- 7. (of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically; progress to maturity
- 9. the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively
- 11. a plant or part of a plant used as food, typically as accompaniment to meat or fish, such as a cabbage, potato, carrot, or bean
- 13. the quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity, sameness, or monotony
- 15. a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn by a tractor or by animals and used for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it over, especially to prepare for the planting of seeds
- 17. a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull
- 18. a soft white fibrous substance that surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant and is used as textile fiber and thread for sewing
Down
- 1. large ruminant animals with horns and cloven hoofs, domesticated for meat or milk, or as beasts of burden; cows
- 2. a fuel derived directly from living matter
- 4. the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels
- 8. a cereal plant that is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc
- 9. the action of cultivating land, or the state of being cultivated
- 10. a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant
- 12. a cultivated plant that is grown as food, especially a grain, fruit, or vegetable
- 14. the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services
- 16. a North American cereal plant that yields large grains, or kernels, set in rows on a cob. Its many varieties yield numerous products, highly valued for both human and livestock consumption