Break time:Berries
【明報專訊】Across
1. Grapes are botanically categorised as berries. They are ____ in vitamins C and K, but don't eat too many of them at once because they are laxative!
4. Bananas are berries in the botanical _____, as are cucumbers, which come from flowers having each only one ovary (子房).
5. The pomegranate is a berry native to _____ (伊朗) and northern India.
6. Botanically, tomatoes and aubergines (茄子) are berries rather than __________.
Down
2. Despite their names, blueberries, cranberries, strawberries and raspberries are not ___________ as berries in botany.
3. Blackcurrants and redcurrants are small _____ berries often used to make jam, tarts and pies!
■ Glossary
botanical (adj) 植物學的
laxative (adj) 通便的