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- 2. A cereal grain, its domesticated form is the staple food of most of the world's population.
- 4. This fruit's citric acid, noted for its sour taste, was adopted by western navies by the 18th century to combat scurvy.
- 7. While identified with this starchy, root vegetable, Idaho only produces roughly one-third of the American total production annually.
- 8. Commonly known as star fruit, is commonly grown in Southeast Asia.
- 10. This green vegetable's Romaine variety are often in the United States as whole heads or as "hearts".
- 11. This plant is noted for its commercial cultivation in the making of perfumes.
- 13. This pod-shaped vegetable was George Washington's favorite food.
- 14. The state flower of Kansas and a preoccupation in many of Van Gogh's paintings, this plant's seeds are often consumed as a snack.
- 15. A root vegetable, Bugs Bunny would be lost with one these in his possession.
- 16. This bulb-shaped vegetable can be seen in grocery stores colored in shades of red, white, purple, yellow, or brown.
- 17. This fruit, grown on woody vines, creates red and white varieties of wine.
- 20. With the exception of rice and maize, this crop is the world's most cultivated.
- 23. Known under this name in United States, this vegetable's name is often used a general term for grain in much of the rest of the world.
- 24. This bulb-like flower, was the basis of a gift of 100,000 bulbs by the Dutch royal family to the people of Canada for sheltering the future Queen Juliana during WWII.
- 27. This bog fruit, found originally in North America, is often most prominent on one's Thanksgiving table.
- 28. This daisy-like flower commonly used to make herbal beverages.
- 29. 95% of this starchy tuber vegetable are grown in Africa.
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- 1. While often noted in the West for its juice, its seeds are ground into a spice used in Indian and Pakistani cuisine.
- 3. This root vegetable is a major staple food in the developing world, and it is one of the world's most drought-tolerant crops.
- 5. This fruit, sharing its name with its color, is seen in American grocery stores in its Valencia and Navel varieties.
- 6. Commonly referred as Mums, it is the official flower of Japan's imperial family.
- 8. A serving ice cream would be considered incomplete without this fruit on top.
- 9. The birth flower of January, this plant have often been worn by men as boutonnieres, or buttonholes on their coats.
- 12. The sugar variety of this root vegetable, is capable of producing white sugar appearing little different from sugar coming from sugarcane.
- 18. A cereal grain, this vegetable is often planted in the autumn to provide ground cover for the winter.
- 19. This aquatic plant was the focus of Monet's last great series of paintings. One such panel can be seen in the Saint Louis Art Museum.
- 21. While this (usually) red fruit is botanically a fruit, it is universally recognized in the wider world as a vegetable.
- 22. Calvados, a brandy is created using this fruit.
- 23. While not often considered as a fruit, or even as food, its ground beans produce a daily beverage around the world.
- 25. The Cavendish variety of this yellow fruit is most commonly found for sale in the United States.
- 26. In its dried form, a serving of this fruit can contain up to 20% of one's daily Iron intake.