| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CHIA | "Pet" that takes water but no food |
| houting | a European whitefish, Coregonus oxyrhynchus, that lives in salt water but spawns in freshwater lakes: a valued food fish |
| xylem | a complex tissue in the vascular system of higher plants that consists of vessels, tracheids, or both usually together with wood fibers and parenchyma cells, functions chiefly in conduction of water and dissolved minerals but also in support and food storage, and typically constitutes the woody element (as of a plant stem) compare phloem |
| grade | (of a stream bed) so adjusted to conditions of slope and the volume and speed of water that no gain or loss of sediment takes place |
