Foods

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves (7)
  2. 5. Round red or green fruit that grows on trees (5)
  3. 7. A smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked (plural) (7)
  4. 9. Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism (plural) (8)
  5. 11. A sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients (9)
  6. 12. A ___ found in fresh fruits and vegetables (8)
  7. 15. Long yellow fruit with a peel (6)
  8. 16. Baked food made from flour, used for sandwiches (5)

Down

  1. 1. Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers (plural) (8)
  2. 2. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  3. 3. Meal made from rolled or ground oats (7)
  4. 6. Oval foods laid by hens (4)
  5. 8. Any of several fat-soluble ___ essential for normal vision (8)
  6. 10. Citrus fruit that shares its name with a color (6)
  7. 13. Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit (5)
  8. 14. Orange vegetables that rabbits love (7)