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Botanical Enigma: Exotic Fruits & Vegetables is a hard crossword puzzle with 10 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Botanical Enigma: Exotic Fruits & Vegetables
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Thistle-like vegetable, ancestor of the artichoke, prized in Mediterranean cuisine (7)
- 2. Spiny-skinned tropical fruit, whose name echoes its hairy appearance (8)
- 5. Cherry relative rich in vitamin C, often used in tropical health tonics (7)
- 6. Tree tomato, a tangy fruit from South America with savory culinary uses (9)
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- 3. Taxonomic genus share with a flowering plant, but here a vegetable spawn (7)
- 4. Root vegetable dubbed 'oyster plant' for its marine-like flavor (7)
- 7. Andean fruit with a citrusy pulp, its name means 'little orange' (10)
- 8. Miniature citrus you can eat whole, peel and all, with a paradoxically sweet-tart flavor (8)
- 9. Symbolic word hinting at the kale's worldwide versatility, metaphorically 'present everywhere' (8)
- 10. Mesoamerican gourd with a crisp texture; its name hints at 'vegetable pear' (7)
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