Fruit and Vegetable Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• fruit : matured ovaries of flowering plants, contain the seeds of the new plant
• vegetable : edible portion of herbaceous (nonwoody) plants
• variety : plant that occurs naturally or through cultivation and differs from other members of its species by one or more characteristics
• hybrid : plant that results from interbreeding two distinct cultivars, varieties, or species
• small fruits : crops grouped together because they produce small, soft fruit, usually on vines, plants, or shrubs
• tree fruits : edible fruit crops that grow on trees.
• grafting : a propagation method in which a bud, twig, or shoot—the scion—is taken from one plant and attached to a different but compatible plan
• pome fruit : forms from a flower with an inferior, compound ovary.
• stone fruit : have a hard pit or “stone” in the center of the fruit.
• nut crop : a dry indehiscent fruit in which the seed remains unattached to the ovary wall, and the ovary wall—the shell—becomes very hard at maturity.
• cool season : plants that thrive in cooler temperatures (70 degrees or below) and can survive light frost12.
• warm season : plants that require warmer temperatures to grow properly