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- PLANT KINGDOM
- From Alfalfa to Zucchini
- Philip P. Kapusta
- Q:Identify an elongated summer squash having a thin green skin: _
- A:Zucchini
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- Q:A shrub of the honeysuckle family, with pinkish, bell-shaped flowers and spikes of white berries.
- A:Gooseberry
- A:Wolfberry
- A:Bayberry
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- Q:Identify an aquatic plant with large floating leaves and showy white or colored flowers.
- A:Toadstool
- A:Waterlily
- A:Sea anemone
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- Q:A pale yellow variety of string bean:
- A:Navy bean
- A:Carob
- A:Lentil
- A:Wax bean
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- Q:Identify a gourd cultivated for its large edible fruit, having a juicy, sweet, red or pink pulp: _
- A:Watermelon
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- Q:A hard, nutlike, edible fruit of an aquatic plant native to Asia: _
- A:Water chestnut
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- Q:A tree valued for its timber and edible nuts: _
- A:Walnut
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- Q:Identify a plant that entraps and eats insects: _
- A:Venus flytrap
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- Q:Any of various plants which break off in autumn and are driven about by the wind: _
- A:Tumbleweed
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- Q:This is a short, coarse hemp or flax fiber prepared for spinning:
- A:Cotton
- A:Papyrus
- A:Wool
- A:Tow
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- Q:A pulpy edible berry, yellow or red when ripe, of a tropical American plant related to the potato: _
- A:Tomato
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- Q:The leaves of this plant are processed and then smoked or chewed: _
- A:Tobacco
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- Q:A poisonous mushroom is called a... _
- A:Toadstool
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- Q:Any of various prickly plants with cylindrical or globular heads of composite flowers:
- A:Thistle
- A:Honeysuckle
- A:Tumbleweed
- A:Snapdragon
- A:Smilax
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- Q:A coarse, prickly herb having its flower heads covered with hooked leaves:
- A:Smilax
- A:Teasel
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- Q:A large tree of SE Asia yielding a hard, durable timber highly prized for furniture: _
- A:Teak
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- Q:A large plant with large leaves and bright yellow petals filled with edible seeds: _
- A:Sunflower
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- Q:A canelike tropical grass cultivated for animal fodder and its sugary sap.
- A:Rye
- A:Buckwheat
- A:Sorghum
- A:Sugar cane
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- Q:A species of gigantic coniferous evergreen trees in the western U.S.: _
- A:Sequoia
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- Q:A small North American willow bearing velvety puffs in early spring:
- A:Pussy willow
- A:Weeping willow
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- Q:A small North American tree whose bark is processed as a flavoring agent. It is related to the laurel. _
- A:Sassafras
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- Q:A tropical tree having coarse, bananalike fruit.
- A:Palm
- A:Carob
- A:Cashew
- A:Vanilla
- A:Plantain
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- Q:A tropical plant having spiny leaves and a large cone-shaped fruit: _
- A:Pineapple
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- Q:A cultivated edible herb with aromatic, finely divided leaves, used as a garnish and for flavoring: _
- A:Parsley
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- Q:A cultivated plant related to parsley, with a pale, edible root:
- A:Potato
- A:Parsnip
- A:Rhubarb
- A:Squash
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- Q:A cloverlike plant used as animal food: _
- A:Alfalfa
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- Q:A bulbous South African plant with large white, red, or purplish flowers, superficially resembling the lily:
- A:Amarylis
- A:Ambrosia
- A:Anaconda
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- Q:Its succulent flower head is used as a vegetable: _
- A:Artichoke
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- Q:A tree of tropical America known for its very light wood: _
- A:Balsa
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- Q:The black, edible fruit of certain shrubs of the rose family: _
- A:Blackberry
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- Q:A tall, marsh plant with long, straplike leaves and flowers in dense, brown terminal spikes: _
- A:Cattail
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- Q:A variety of cinnamon obtained from a species of Asia laurel:
- A:Curry
- A:Sassafras
- A:Cassia
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