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vegetables

Medium · 15×15 · 23 words
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  1. 1. Purple, glossy pear-shaped vegetable key to moussaka and ratatouille
  2. 3. Orange taproot favored by Bugs Bunny
  3. 5. Layered bulb that brings tears to the chef's eyes
  4. 6. Versatile tuber that can be mashed, baked, or fried
  5. 7. Immature green soybeans served steamed in their pods with sea salt
  6. 11. This starchy tuber is often confused with a sweet potato
  7. 14. White brassica head that has become a popular low-carb rice substitute
  8. 15. Red, juicy fruit botanically, but culinarily treated as a salad staple
  9. 16. Green sphere found snug in a pod
  10. 17. Purple-topped root vegetable used for jack-o-lanterns before pumpkins took over
  11. 19. Starchy tropical root used to make tapioca pearls
  12. 20. Grey-green herb traditionally stuffed inside Thanksgiving poultry
  13. 21. Chinese cabbage with white spoon-shaped stalks and dark green leaves

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  1. 2. Spicy, knobby rhizome essential for sushi and stir-fries
  2. 3. Leafy green with colorful, celery-like stalks often called Swiss
  3. 4. Mucilaginous pod essential for thickening gumbo
  4. 6. Large orange gourd carved for autumn doorsteps
  5. 8. Spear-like spring vegetable known for imparting a distinct odor to urine
  6. 9. Peppery aquatic green prized for British tea sandwiches
  7. 10. Pale, carrot-like root that sweetens after a winter frost
  8. 12. Deep red root that turns borscht its signature color
  9. 13. Husked green fruit essential for making salsa verde
  10. 18. Starchy tropical root crucial for making Hawaiian poi

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yard word

Easy · 5×5 · 4 words
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  1. 3. Paved outdoor area for dining
  2. 4. Small object from which a plant grows

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  1. 1. Tool used for gathering fallen leaves
  2. 2. Cut grass with a machine

Gardening

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  1. 1. Protective ground cover that suppresses weeds
  2. 3. Underground storage organ for a daffodil
  3. 7. Self-contained ecosystem inside a sealed jar
  4. 8. Very young plant raised from a nursery flat
  5. 11. Notorious greenfly that terrorizes tomatoes
  6. 13. Sharp-edged digger meant to be pushed with a foot

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  1. 2. Result of carefully controlled cross-pollination
  2. 4. Gardener's dream soil texture
  3. 5. Awaken from dormancy and push a root down
  4. 6. Garden resident that survives the winter
  5. 9. Long snake-like watering device
  6. 10. Dandelion or crabgrass, for instance
  7. 12. Traditional implement for breaking up surface crust

Gardening

Hard · 11×11 · 14 words
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  1. 1. The offspring of two different botanical parents, or a gas-saving car
  2. 4. Long-handled weed whacker of the manual variety
  3. 5. Waste not, want not: barnyard gold
  4. 7. A pip, a pit, or a tournament ranking
  5. 8. To spread the wealth, nutritionally speaking
  6. 11. Greenfly that acts as a cow for ants
  7. 12. A poking tool that makes way for planting
  8. 13. It might go off over your head, or bloom in the spring

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  1. 1. Dark organic matter that sounds deliciously spreadable
  2. 2. A morning glory relative that puts the stranglehold on your plot
  3. 3. The uppermost layer, highly sought after by earthworms
  4. 6. Everlasting, or a plant that refuses to give up the ghost over winter
  5. 9. Hand tool that sounds like it could dry you off, with an R
  6. 10. A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered

Gardening

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  1. 1. Shrubbery sculpted into living, geometric art
  2. 5. Serpentine deliverer of liquid life to the lawn
  3. 6. Classic long-handled implement for breaking up earth
  4. 8. One-wheeled transporter for heavy loads of dirt
  5. 10. Subterranean anchor taking hold beneath the surface
  6. 11. Underground storage organ that promises spring color
  7. 12. Toothed gatherer of fallen autumn leaves

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  1. 2. Flashy bloomer that puts on a one-season show before bowing out
  2. 3. The structural superhighway carrying water upwards
  3. 4. Reliable bloomer that makes a comeback year after year
  4. 5. Provide essential liquid nourishment to wilting leaves
  5. 7. The lush, green collective clothing of a shrub or tree
  6. 8. Uninvited guest taking root where it doesn't belong
  7. 9. The showy, colorful culmination of a bud

Gardening

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  1. 2. Small digging tool with a short handle
  2. 5. To trim away dead branches from a bush or tree
  3. 7. Liquid essential for keeping plants alive
  4. 9. The process of gathering mature crops
  5. 12. Protective hand coverings worn while working in the soil
  6. 13. Soil in which plants grow
  7. 14. Main stalk of a plant
  8. 15. Tool with teeth used for gathering leaves

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  1. 1. Long-handled implement used to clear soil and remove weeds
  2. 2. Device used to distribute liquid pesticides or water over plants
  3. 3. To begin to grow and put out shoots
  4. 4. Layer of material applied to the soil surface to retain moisture
  5. 6. To add nutrients to soil to help plants grow
  6. 8. Small hand tool with a curved scoop for potting plants
  7. 10. Colorful segment of a flower blossom
  8. 11. Long flexible tube used to spray the lawn

Gardening

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  1. 1. Layer of organic material applied to the soil surface
  2. 3. The foundational medium where roots establish themselves
  3. 6. Organic fertilizer sourced from livestock
  4. 7. Classic long-handled implement for breaking up dirt
  5. 10. Reliable bloomer that returns year after year
  6. 13. Heavy-duty clippers used for shaping hedges

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  1. 2. The gardener's ideal mix of sand, silt, and clay
  2. 4. Handheld implement used for small-scale digging tasks
  3. 5. Glass structure that creates a warm microclimate
  4. 8. The first green shoot emerging from the soil
  5. 9. Latticework support system for climbing vines
  6. 11. Plant that must be replanted every spring
  7. 12. Flexible tube essential for summertime irrigation
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