Words that start with C

The cabbage is a vegetable. People eat the leaves of the cabbage, not the flowers or roots.

A cake is a kind of sweet, baked food. Cakes can be made with all sorts of different ingredients, such as fruit and nuts. The cake in the picture has been decorated with candles, for someone's birthday. There is one candle for every year the person has lived, so the cake in the picture must be for a four year old's birthday.

Camouflage is a way that animals can blend into the backgrounds by making themselves look as much like the background as possible. Some flat fish look exactly like the bottom of the sea. Some insects look exactly like the leaf they sit on. Can you see the insect in the picture?

A canoe is a small, narrow boat that moves forward as you paddle, like the man in the picture.

The capsicum is a medium sized fruit that ranges in colour from green to yellow to red. Unlike their cousins the chili, capsicums are mild and sweet and are often eaten raw in salads, or cooked on pizza.