Across
- 2. A preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant
- 7. An acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars
- 8. The religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or its beliefs and practices
- 10. A highly contagious viral respiratory infection causing high fever
- 11. A cereal plant, or grain, that is the most important kind grown in temperate countries and used to make flours
- 13. A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose
- 14. A swamp grass which is widely cultivated as a source food, especially in Asia
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- 1. A starchy plant, or vegetable, which is one of the most important food crops
- 3. A hot drink made from the roasted and ground seeds of a tropical shrub
- 4. North American cereal plant that yields large grains, or kernels
- 5. A long curved fruit that grows in clusters and has soft pulpy flesh and yellow skin when ripe
- 6. An omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat
- 9. A large plant-eating domesticated mammal with solid hoofs and a flowing mane and tail
- 12. A large mainly domesticated game bird native to North America, having a bald head and red wattles
