Do you think about which part of a plant you are eating? When you eat a potato, do you eat the root or the stem? We all know broccoli is a flower, isn’t it? And berries, tomatoes, bananas are fruits, not vegetables. But what are lettuce and spinach? 
Take a look at the list of Australia’s most popular foods below and decide whether they are roots, stems, seeds, flowers, fruits or leaves. Tick the relevant column/s.
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| potatoes |
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| broccoli |
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| cauliflower |
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| celery |
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| capsicums |
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| white onion |
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| cabbage |
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| zucchini |
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| apples |
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| bananas |
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| kiwi fruit |
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| oranges |
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| mandarins |
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| mango |
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| avocado |
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| watermelon |
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| rockmelon |
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| beetroot |
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| cucumber |
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| lettuce |
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| peas |
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| spinach |
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| eggplant |
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| nectarines |
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| peaches |
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| pears |
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| grapes |
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| pineapple |
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| passionfruit |
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| strawberries |
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| cashews |
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| almonds |
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| sesame seeds |
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| pumpkin seeds |
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| chia seeds |
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| blueberries |
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