Caribbean Food Word Search
Caribbean Food, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: RICE, PEAS, JERK, ROTI, CALALOO, PLANTAIN, MANGO, COCONUT, ACKEE, SALTFISH, BAMMY, FUNGI.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Caribbean Food word list, defined
- RICE /raɪs/ · noun
- A cereal grain first domesticated in China around 8,000 years ago. It is a staple food for more than half of the world's population. Related: grain, cereal, wheat, barley.
- PEAS /piːz/ · noun
- Small, round, green or yellowish vegetables, often eaten as a side dish or used in soups and stews. Related: beans, legumes, vegetables, greens.
- JERK /dʒɜːrk/ · noun, verb
- A person who behaves in a rude or aggressive manner. To cut or chop (meat) roughly, often in a way that is not very skilled. Related: bully, lout, oaf, clod.
- ROTI /rɔːti/ · noun
- A type of flatbread commonly eaten in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. It is usually made from unleavened dough and is often served with curries or other dishes. Related: bread, flatbread, chapati, naan.
- PLANTAIN /plænˈteɪn/ · noun
- A starchy fruit, often cooked and eaten as a vegetable, or a type of banana. Related: banana, starchy fruit, tuber, root.
- MANGO /ˈmæŋɡoʊ/ · noun
- A sweet, juicy, and typically yellow or orange fruit with a single seed in the center, native to South Asia. Related: apricot, peach, plum, nectarine.
- COCONUT /ˈkoʊkənʌt/ · noun
- The large, hard-shelled fruit of the coconut palm, containing white edible flesh and sweet liquid; also, the palm tree itself.
- ACKEE /ˈækiː/ · noun
- A tropical West African tree (Blighia sapida) of the soapberry family, widely cultivated in the Caribbean; also, the edible yellow aril surrounding its seeds, which is poisonous if eaten unripe and is Jamaica's national fruit. Related: Blighia sapida, aril.
- FUNGI /ˈfʌŋɡaɪ/ · noun
- Fungi are a kingdom of spore-producing organisms that includes mushrooms, moulds, yeasts, and toadstools, distinct from plants because they lack chlorophyll and obtain nutrients by absorbing organic matter. The word is the plural of fungus. Related: mushrooms, moulds, toadstools, yeasts.
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