In the Garden
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
s
s
Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits
2.
t
o
Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
3.
e
g
Hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible
4.
b
Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food (plural)
5.
p
a
Annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers
8.
p
Seed of a pea plant used for food (plural)
11.
o
Long green edible beaked pods of the ___ plant
12.
c
g
Any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
13.
l
e
Any of various plants of the genus Lactuca
14.
b
l
Plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
15.
c
u
e
A plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
16.
b
Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root (plural)
17.
a
r
g
Plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
18.
s
c
Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
19.
t
i
Widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root (plural)
20.
c
d
Variety of kale having smooth leaves (plural)
21.
m
t
Any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
22.
k
Coarse curly-leafed cabbage
24.
c
Yellow vegetable that grows in ears